“We call on the International Maritime Organization, other international organizations and other countries to interact with the Kiev authorities to participate in negotiations on this topic,” RIA Novosti quotes Chumakov.
According to him, Russia is taking the whole range of measures to ensure civil navigation in the Black, Azov and Mediterranean seas.
Earlier, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, said that more than 70 ships from 18 countries remain blocked in seven Ukrainian ports.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that the US Navy does not plan to conduct operations in the Black Sea, including to deblock ports.