More talks needed to allow Russian exports - UN official


  • World
  • Friday, 03 Jun 2022

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the exporting facilities at the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, Russia February 26, 2018. REUTERS/Vladimir Soldatkin

GENEVA (Reuters) -More talks are needed to strike a deal on allowing exports from Russia as part of an envisaged accord to resume Ukrainian food exports, the United Nations crisis coordinator for Ukraine said on Friday.

"There was in principle agreement from Russia that they will agree to that, however there is more negotiation to be done to also ... facilitate the exports of Russia," Amin Awad told an online U.N. news briefing from Geneva.

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