MOSCOW, October 17. /TASS/. The need to fully perform the grain deal comprising export of Russian agricultural products was stressed at the meeting of Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin with UN Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths and UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday after the next round of consultations in Moscow.

"With the focus on the package deal of agreements reached in Istanbul on July 22, importance was stressed to ensure their complete and intertwined performance - the Black Sea Initiative on Ukrainian food export (expiring on November 18) and the Russia-UN memorandum on normalization of national export of fertilizers and agricultural products (designed for three years), the Ministry said.

Vershinin also noted the need of establishing sustainable grain and fertilizer suppliers, primarily to African, Asian and Latin American countries with the greatest need as the most vulnerable from the standpoint of famine threats and food security support.