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U.N Seeks Extension Of Black Sea Grain Deal

March 13, 2023
Stephen M.Cby Stephen M.C
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U.N Seeks Extension Of Black Sea Grain Deal

Grain is offloaded from the Eaubonne bulk carrier ship after it docked in the port of Mombasa, Kenya on Nov. 26, 2022.

Senior U.N. officials hosted Russian envoys in Geneva on Monday, March 13, 2023, in a bid to extend an export agreement, known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative and prevent a potential new spike in world food prices.

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development and Martin Griffiths, the Head of the U.N. humanitarian agency, hosted a team led by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergey Vershinin at U.N. offices in Geneva.

Despite being at war, Ukraine and Russia struck a deal last July that allows Ukraine; one of the world’s key grain producers, to ship grain from its Black Sea ports and permits Russia to export food and fertilizers.

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The 120-day agreement, which helped take some of the sting out of rising global food prices, was renewed last November. That extension expires on Saturday, March 18, 2023.

Moscow has been frustrated that a parallel deal to allow exports of Russian ammonia, which is used across the globe for fertilizer, has not taken effect.

As part of the arrangement, Moscow wants Russian ammonia to be fed through a pipeline across Ukraine to reach Black Sea ports for possible export. Russian officials also claim that banking restrictions and high insurance costs have hurt their hopes of exporting fertilizer.

Ukraine and Russia are key global suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other food to countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia where millions of people do not have enough to eat. Russia was also the world’s top exporter of fertilizer before the war.

The loss of those supplies, after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, drove global food prices higher and fueled concerns of a hunger crisis in poorer countries.

The so-called Black Sea Grain Initiative involves seaborne checks of cargo by U.N., Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish officials to ensure that only foodstuffs, not weapons, are being transported.

The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as the deal works to keep food flowing. Inspections of ships under the grain initiative have fallen sharply since they got rolling in earnest in September, and vessels have been backed up.

Western critics accuse Russia of dragging its heels on inspections. Moscow, however, denies that accusation.

Fierce Fighting At Bakhmut

On the front lines in Ukraine, the eastern city of Bakhmut remained the site of fierce fighting, with Ukrainian forces denying Russian forces the prize of its capture after six months of slow destruction.

Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the Ukrainian Commander of Ground Forces, disclosed, “The situation around Bakhmut remains difficult.”

“Wagner’s assault units are advancing from several directions, trying to break through the defenses of our troops and advance to the central districts of the city.”

Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi

Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian millionaire who owns the Wagner private military company, has repeatedly claimed that only the Wagner fighters, not the regular army, are involved in battles for Bakhmut. His claims have not been independently verified.

Ukraine’s Presidential office noted on Monday, March 13, 2023 that at least two civilians were killed and 11 others were wounded in the country over the previous 24 hours.

The two people were killed in the southern Mykolaiv region on Monday morning, when the Russian forces shelled the village of Kutsurub. Three more people, including a 7-year-old child, were wounded there.

Also in the south, one person was wounded in the city of Kherson after the Russians shelled the city’s residential areas.

According to Donetsk Governor, Pavlo Kyrylneko, another seven people were wounded in the eastern Donetsk region, including four in the embattled city of Bakhmut.

In the neighboring Luhansk region, the Russian forces have resumed attacks on Belovorivka and Kreminna, Luhansk Governor Serhii Haidai said, describing the situation there as “extremely difficult.”

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