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Third party to ensure security of ships with grain along with Russia and Türkiye - Lavrov

25 July 2022 00:23 (UTC +04:00)

A third party, which will be determined later, will ensure the security of ships with Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea, along with Russia and Türkiye, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday, APA reports citing TASS.

"We managed to reach an agreement in Istanbul: Ukraine demines ports and lets ships take to sea, while Russia, Türkiye and one more party, which will be determined later, escort the ships to the Bosporus," he said at a meeting with the ambassadors of the Arab League nations.

According to Lavrov, the Russia-UN memorandum that was signed concurrently with the agreements in Istanbul "binds the United Nations Secretary General to launch the process, persuade Western countries to lift all restrictions" imposed on the export of Russian grain.