Countries should ask for US help if they have any problems importing Russian food and fertilizers, a senior US official said yesterday, stressing that the goods were not subject to US sanctions against Moscow for Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Nothing prevents Russia from exporting its grains or fertilizers outside of its own policies and actions,” US Secretary of State Ramin Toulouse told reporters.
However, he added that concerns had been raised about “so-called compliance with sanctions”.
Washington has imposed a broad framework of sanctions on Moscow following Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
Serving Russian food and grain exports plays an important role in UN and Turkish officials’ efforts to mediate a package deal with Moscow that could allow grain exports from Ukraine through the port of Odessa. .
A meeting between Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish and UN officials is likely to take place in Istanbul in the coming weeks, Turkish presidential sources said on Tuesday.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated the possibility of a global food crisis. Russia and Ukraine account for about 1/3 of world grain exports, while Russia is also a major exporter of cereals and Ukraine plays an important role in corn and sunflower oil exports.
Moscow denies responsibility for the food crisis, blaming Western sanctions and Ukraine for mining Black Sea ports.
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