Russia sees no grounds for the Black Sea grain deal to resume, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said Wednesday, as Russia and Ukraine continue to attack each other's export facilities.
Türkiye and the United Nations helped mediate the so-called Black Sea Grain Initiative, which was agreed in July 2022 to allow the safe export of nearly 33 million metric tons of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea, despite the war.
Russia withdrew from the agreement in 2023, complaining that its own food and fertiliser exports faced serious obstacles.
Türkiye has prepared a new plan for the safe passage of grain via the Black Sea and was contacting both countries in this regard.
"There was a deal ... But a substantial part of it was not implemented. Do you see any change in the West's position? I don't," Grushko told reporters on the sidelines of a forum in the Russian Far East port city of Vladivostok.
