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Russia ready to extend grain deal only for 2 months

Russia ready to extend grain deal only for 2 months

Russia has no objections against the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative but for two months only, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin told reporters on Monday after consultations with UN representatives. …

Russia's proposal on free grain exports heard at UN

Russia's proposal on free grain exports heard at UN

Moscow's proposal on free exports of 500,000 tonnes of grain has been heard, including at the United Nations, Oleg Kobyakov, director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Liaison Office in Russia, said in an interview with …

WFP head: world needs Russian grain and fertilizers

WFP head: world needs Russian grain and fertilizers

All countries must cooperate in the implementation of the grain deal since the world needs Russian grain and fertilizers, whether other states "love or hate Russia," executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP) David Beasley …

Lavrov, Geir Pedersen hold  meeting on Syria

Lavrov, Geir Pedersen hold meeting on Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Syria Geir Pedersen held a meeting in Abu Dhabi on the situation around Syria, a statement on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry reads. …

Russia to have contacts with Turkey, UN on grain deal soon

Russia to have contacts with Turkey, UN on grain deal soon

Russia will have contacts with Turkey and the United Nations on the Ukraine grain deal soon, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said on Sunday. "We will have contacts both with the United Nations and Turkey, as …

EU prolongs individual sanctions against Russia for 6 months

EU prolongs individual sanctions against Russia for 6 months

The EU extended personal sanctions against 1,206 Russian citizens and 108 Russian companies for six more months, the European Council said in a statement published Wednesday. "The Council decided today to prolong the duration of …

Russia and U.N. discuss Russian grain, fertilizer exports

Russia and U.N. discuss Russian grain, fertilizer exports

Senior U.N. and Russian officials met in Geneva on Wednesday to discuss Russian complaints that Western sanctions were impeding its grain and fertilizer exports despite a U.N.-brokered deal to boost Russian and Ukrainian shipments of the …

Lavrov meets with UN Special Envoy for Syria in Moscow

Lavrov meets with UN Special Envoy for Syria in Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen reaffirmed the importance of further dialogue on the intra-Syrian Constitutional Committee platform during their talks in Moscow Thursday. "Special …

Shoigu and Guterres discuss safe functioning of Zaporozhye NPP

Shoigu and Guterres discuss safe functioning of Zaporozhye NPP

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have held a telephone conversation to discuss the safe operation of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Russian Defense Ministry told the media. …

Quadrilateral grain export meeting to be held in Istanbul

Quadrilateral grain export meeting to be held in Istanbul

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said that representatives of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the UN will hold talks in Istanbul. It is noted that the parties intend to discuss the situation with the export of grain. "The …

Lavrov and Guterres discuss situation in Ukraine

Lavrov and Guterres discuss situation in Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres discussed food security amid the situation in Ukraine and Donbass during their phone call Wednesday. "The sides discussed some of the most pressing …

Putin and Guterres to meet in Moscow today

Putin and Guterres to meet in Moscow today

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday who will come to Moscow for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. This will be the first contact of the Russian leader with …

Russia's participation in UNHRC suspended

Russia's participation in UNHRC suspended

The UN General Assembly suspended Russia's activities in the UN Human Rights Council. According to RIA Novosti, 93 states voted for the adoption of this resolution. 24 voted against, while 58 abstained from voting. The …

Putin to hold meeting with UN chief via video link-up

Putin to hold meeting with UN chief via video link-up

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres via a video link-up on Thursday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "UN Secretary-General Guterres is visiting Moscow. …