As part of the grain agreement, Ukraine has and fulfills its obligations to the UN and Turkey, declaring that it would retain the right to supply Ukrainian grain for another 120 days. The agreement does not mention any additional conditions, apart from grain deliveries by sea, Mykola Tochytskyi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated on March 23, Ukrinform reports.
"Foremost, you should clearly remember that we signed an agreement with Turkey and with the UN, respectively, we have and fulfill our obligations to the world community, the UN and Turkey. We declared to our partners in the UN and Turkey that we reserve the right to supply our grain for such a long period (120 days). It is difficult for me to say what Russia signed and what it declares," said M. Tochytskyi.
Commenting on the statement of the Russian Federation regarding the extension of the grain agreement for 60 days instead of 120, he noted that this is "another game of subjectivity and an attempt to show that nothing will happen in the world without them."
"But it's not really like that. There is a sufficient number of countries that during the year of the war understood who is the aggressor and who is the victim, who defends and helps the world in the fight against mass hunger, and who creates obstacles in order to spread this hunger and thereby gain influence in one or another region ", the diplomat stated.
Commenting on Russia's seemingly bringing its position to the Ukrainian side, the deputy minister reminded that Ukraine does not have diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation.
"Obviously, they were transmitting something through one of their partners, of which they have few. However, I personally am not familiar with this yet," - said M. Tochytskyi.
