UNITED NATIONS, April 3. /TASS/. Russia was unable to export a single grain under a memorandum with the UN on the export of grain and food as part of the grain deal, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzya said at a press conference on Monday.
"We have not had a single grain exported according to the memorandum of Russia and UN, the second part of the deal," he said.
The diplomat also pointed out that Russia has managed to transport only one tenth of the Russian fertilizers blocked in European ports and they were not sold, but delivered free of charge to developing countries.
"Out 300,000 tons of fertilizers only 30,000 tons were exported or rather evacuated, one of those boats is still on the way," he noted.
"These are mere facts which say how the great deal or rather the Black Sea initiative is working or rather not working," the diplomat concluded.
Agreements to export food from Ukraine were signed on July 22, 2022 in Istanbul to last 120 days and were extended for another 120 days in November. One of the agreements sets forth a procedure for the export of grain from Kiev-controlled ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny. Russia and the UN also concluded a memorandum for the UN to work toward lifting the restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products and fertilizers to world markets. Russia has said the memorandum hasn’t been fulfilled.
On March 18, Russia announced that the grain deal will be extended for 60 days, saying that that time would be sufficient for an objective assessment of how its memo with the UN has been implemented.