The Russian Navy will ensure the free passage of ships carrying Ukrainian grain, which are now stuck in Black Sea ports, once kyiv agrees to remove its mines from coastal waters, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei said on Tuesday. Lavrov.
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News/Sputnik – May 31, 2022) The Russian Navy will ensure the free passage of ships carrying Ukrainian grain, which are now stuck in Black Sea ports, once kyiv agrees to remove its mines from coastal waters , said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
In a press conference after the meeting with his Bahraini counterpart, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Lavrov said they discussed the situation in Ukraine, including the issue of food security. Lavrov noted that Russia had been looking for more than a month for ways to unblock Ukrainian seaports to allow grain exports, but kyiv had yet to clear coastal waters mined by Ukrainian forces.
“If this demining problem is solved, and we draw the attention of our Western colleagues who have been concerned about it for many weeks, then on the high seas, as I said, the Russian Navy will ensure the unimpeded passage of these ships in the Mediterranean Sea and to their destinations,” Lavrov said.
Since the beginning of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, many countries and international organizations have called for the unblocking of Ukrainian seaports and the release of grain stuck in warehouses, seeking to curb rising food prices. and to deliver crops as soon as possible in areas facing acute food insecurity. as possible.
Russia denied blocking seaports and pointed out that Ukraine had deployed mines in the Black Sea.
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