"No new obligations we have taken": Foreign Ministry on the return of the Russian Federation to the Grain Agreement
The department denied Moscow's statements that Kyiv allegedly took on additional obligations and gave "guarantees" about non -use of the grain corridor for military purposes. The Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko told about it. He noted that Ukraine did not use the grain corridor for military purposes and clearly adhere to the provisions of the agreement. "I will remind that within this agreement the parties pledged to guarantee the safe and reliable environment of the grain corridor.
Nikolenko added that Ukraine did not take any additional obligations that would go beyond the current document. According to him, Russia returned to the Grain Agreement due to the active diplomacy of the UN and Turkish President Recep Erdogan. "In coordination with Ukraine, they found the words that Putin understood. It was a position of force, not a concession," Oleg Nikolenko said. The Foreign Minister said Ukraine has never used a grain corridor for military purposes.
According to him, all the conversations of Moscow about the alleged "guarantees" of Kiev is only a way to keep your face. "Russia has returned to the grain initiative not because someone gave her some guarantees, but because there was a lot of backstage diplomacy by the UN Secretary General and Turkish President. The language of concessions, "he said.
We will remind, on November 2 Russia decided to return to the implementation of the "grain agreement" after October 29 suspended its participation due to the alleged attacks of the Armed Forces on the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in the occupied Crimea. The Ministry of Defense of Russia stated that thanks to the UN and Turkey, Moscow received written guarantees from Kiev about non -use of the "grain corridor" for fighting against the Russian Federation.