Russia returned to the agreement on the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, and on the 3rd, a ship departed from southern Ukraine and exports resumed.
On the other hand, the deadline for the agreement to continue exports is approaching in the middle of this month, but Russia has criticized that exports of its own agricultural products are restricted, and the focus is on whether the agreement will be extended.
On the 29th of last month, Russia unilaterally announced that it would suspend the implementation of the agreement on the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, raising concerns about the global food crisis. Announced.
On the 3rd, seven ships carrying agricultural products departed from southern Ukraine, marking the first export since Russia returned to the agreement.
On the other hand, the agreement on exports has been extended every 120 days, and the deadline is approaching on the 19th of this month, and Turkey, the mediator, said it would accelerate coordination with Russia and Ukraine, saying that it would make further efforts to extend it. I'm here.
Regarding this, spokesman Peskov of the Russian President's Office said on the 3rd, ``We must formally discuss the extension.It is necessary to comprehensively evaluate and decide.''
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov also criticized on the 3rd that although it is necessary to export not only exports from Ukraine but also Russian agricultural products, exports from Russia are restricted due to the effects of sanctions, and whether the agreement will be extended. What is the focus?
On the other hand, the Ukrainian army is intensifying its reversal offensive in the southern province of Kherson in order to recapture the controlled territory, and is believed to be advancing troops to the central city of Kherson.
In response, a pro-Russian official from the Kherson region told state-run Russian TV on the 3rd that Russian troops believed to be in the vicinity of the central city of Kherson on the west side of the Dnipro River said, "They will move east of the river. ' said.
He may have suggested that Russian forces would withdraw from the vicinity of the central city of Kherson in the face of a Ukrainian counterattack.
However, the US think tank "War Research Institute" pointed out that the Russian army is trying to build a defensive line east of the Dnipro River, and on the Ukrainian side, the Russian army is gathering about 40,000 soldiers. It also shows the point of view, and the fighting in Kherson province is expected to become even more intense.
UN Secretary-General “Welcome to the resumption of exports, emphasize the need for Russian exports”
UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the resumption of exports of Ukrainian agricultural products at a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York on the 3rd.
“I call on all parties to focus their efforts on the extension and full implementation of the agreement and on removing obstacles to the export of Russian agricultural products,” Guterres said. Amid heightened concerns over the global food crisis, he said, along with the extension of the agreement on the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, which was due on the 19th of this month, the export of Russian agricultural products. I emphasized that exports are also necessary.