“The Secretary General wants to see the continuation of this deal, it is extremely important,” RIA Novosti quotes Dujarric.

According to him, UN representatives continue to negotiate with all interested parties.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that it was time for the United States and other Western countries to stop playing the food card and sabotage the grain deal: the lion's share of grain from Ukraine goes to the European Union at dumped fodder prices, and not to the poorest states.

The ministry stated that the grain deal does not work.