UN food chief Beasley: grain deal must be extended at all costs

This was stated by the director of the UN World Food Program (WFP), David Beasley.

According to him, the world population is in "serious danger" if the Black Sea Grain Agreement is not extended.

“(It. -

) must be extended at any cost,” Beasley said in a video posted on Twitter by the UN.

According to him, Ukraine exports grain, the volume of which is sufficient for 400 million people.

Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that Russia was ready to continue to fulfill the agreements under the grain deal if its other participants fulfill their obligations on an equal basis.