TASSTue, 18 Jul 2023 11:52 UTC
© Pavel Bednyakov / SputnikFILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists in Moscow, April 24, 2023. Kremlin says its conditions for extending deal brokered by the UN and Turkey had not been fulfilled.
Russia continues to be ready for a free substitution of the Ukrainian grain for needy countries after the exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
"Certainly," Peskov said. "Russia definitely maintains its position in this regard," he stressed.
Grain supplies from Russia to Africa will be discussed at a summit in late July, Peskov noted.
"We are interacting with our African partners. These communications will continue at the summit in St. Petersburg, we are preparing and waiting for them," Peskov said, speaking about Russian grain supplies to needy countries after the exit from the grain deal.
"There will be an opportunity to discuss all these problems" at the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, he added.
Comment: The West's connivance backfiring, once again. Because, during the previous BSGI exchanges, the West violated the deal by only allowing about 3% of supplies to go to countries in need, but now that Russia
has left the deal, and has even greater control over the flow of its supplies, it can ensure that more goes to those in need; which will no doubt help with fostering even stronger relations with those recipient nations, such as those in Africa, many of whom are already turning their backs on the West.
And we can expect Russia to keep to its word because just 9 months ago it
donated 500,000 tons of grain to the world's poorest countries.
Easy to see this coming. A nd quite a political blow especially to the UN and EU.