BALI /Indonesia/, November 15. /TASS/. Western countries and Turkey understand that they need to keep Kiev from committing transgressions counter to the grain deal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Tuesday following his participation in the G20 summit.
"Our Turkish and Western colleagues have an understanding that they must keep Ukraine from such unacceptable actions [using the humanitarian corridor for the export of grain for military purposes - TASS]," he said.
Lavrov recalled that Russia temporarily suspended the implementation of the terms of the grain deal due to the violation of its terms by the Ukrainian side.
"The first part of the deal is the export of Ukrainian grain. It is being carried out. But after the Ukrainian armed forces used the humanitarian corridor to export grain for military purposes, we suspended this operation. But then the Ukrainians confirmed that they would not do this again," he said.
On November 2, Russia decided to resume participation in the grain deal after Ukraine, through the mediation of the UN and Turkey, guaranteed in writing that it would not use the security corridor in the Black Sea for military purposes, the Russian Defense Ministry said. However, Moscow stated that they reserve the right to withdraw from the agreement if Kiev violates the guarantees.
On November 3, Sergey Lavrov said, Moscow is pleased that Ukraine, with Ankara's help, has signed such security guarantees, vowing that there won’t be any repeat attempts to use the humanitarian routes for the export of grain in the Black Sea for military purposes.