(The Black Sea Grain Initiative) agreement is extended for 120 days,
Kubrakov wrote on Twitter
The deadline is approaching,
Turkey's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said Friday
The world relies on these supplies,
Griffiths said
For the moment, the market is betting on the fact that it will get an extension of 120 days,
Edward de Saint-Denis, a cereals trader with Plantureux, told AFP
We very much hope that the initiative will continue and the ships will continue to flow,
Stephane Dujarric spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said
Ukraine is one of the key links in the global food security. That is why we insist that the grain agreement be open-ended and automatically extended for 120 days. Türkiye and the UN share the same position,
Shmyhal noted
This deal is of vital importance for the global food supply,
Erdogan said in televised comments
Right now, the United Nations, under the leadership of our secretary-general, is doing everything possible to make sure that the Black Sea Grain Initiative can continue,
senior UN official Martin Griffiths said
It is vital for global food security that both of these agreements continue and should be fully implemented,
he said
We continue to engage closely with all parties,
he said via a video link
We’re also continuing work on joining the Mykolaiv Oblast ports to the grain initiative and expanding the cargo nomenclature,
Kubrakov said, adding that “the possibility to export more will allow to remove inflationary risks, and as a result, social tension in many countries of the world.”
The two agreements have had a positive impact on global food security, with millions of tons of grain reaching global markets,
U.N. humanitarian agency officials said in a statement
Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of sunflower oil, also wheat and grain,
said Al Jazeera’s Stephanie Dekker, reporting from the outskirts of Kyiv
The continuation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative is crucial for global food security, as grain and fertilizer prices and availability have not returned to pre-war levels, causing hardship particularly in developing countries,
the U.N. said Monday
We're waiting for the official position of (the UN and Turkey) as the guarantors of the initiative,
he said on Twitter
This means that Ukraine continues to export its agricultural products through three deep sea ports. In particular, from August 1 until today, we sent 25 million tonnes for the needs of the world,
the minister said
The markets will take that into account,
he said
The war has had very significant implications for global food insecurity,
Griffiths said
On such a historic day, the president is always with Sevastopol and the people of Sevastopol,
Mr. Razvozhaev wrote on the Telegram messaging app
The Black Sea Grain Initiative has moved over 24 million tons of food since August. Good to see this life-saving initiative extended another 120 days to keep Ukrainian grain flowing around the world,
the tweet reads
Otherwise, we fail to understand how the package concept of the secretary-general of the United Nations will work through these simple agreements,
he said
Along with partners, we are making efforts to continue the grain initiative. Since the initiative started, we have managed to export over 24 million tonnes of food,
Shmyhal said at the Friday government session
The efforts of the secretary-general have not generated results, and we cannot accept that, either,
Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the council
Attempts by the aggressor to reduce the extension period are a manipulation to continue further blackmail and deepen a global food crisis. We have to prevent this,
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said
With both sides intent on prevailing by force, there is no prospect for a negotiated settlement,
Special Envoy Noeleen Heyzer told the General Assembly in a briefing on the situation
Our further stance will be determined upon the tangible progress on normalisation of our agricultural exports, not (in) words, but in deeds,
said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin, who led the Russian delegation during Monday's talks with UN officials
Any claim that it’s prolonged for more than 60 days is either wishful thinking or deliberate manipulation,
Russia's deputy ambassador to the U.N., Dmitry Polyansky, said
And when it comes to sanctions, we have gone to extraordinary lengths to communicate the clear carve-outs for food and fertilizer to governments and to the private sector. Simply put, sanctions are not the issue,
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, adding that the grain “must flow freely.”
Ukraine has been and remains firmly integrated into the global economy and markets. The ability to export more will help to reduce inflationary risks and, as a result, social tensions in many countries,
Kubrakov wrote
As a result, markets have been calmed and global food prices have continued to fall,
Griffiths said
We remain strongly committed to both agreements and we urge all sides to redouble their efforts to implement them fully,
Dujarric said
