"Obviously, the fact that a number of Russian financial institutions, if not all, are not in the SWIFT system, complicates things," TASS quoted him as saying.
He noted that representatives of the world organization are negotiating with the governments of the EU countries and other parties, as well as with the private sector of the economy.
According to Dujarric, the UN Secretary General does not have authority over the SWIFT system and power over the countries participating in this system, which have imposed unilateral sanctions against Russia.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin in an interview with RT Arabic said that two new batches of fertilizers from Russia will soon be sent to countries in need.
He also said that despite assurances and promises, "barriers to food and fertilizers from Russia to the world market have not been removed." In particular, he stated the need to connect the Russian Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT.