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Reuters
Reuters
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By Guy Faulconbridge

Lavrov warns West: Black Sea grain deal is in danger of collapse

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Chinese Special Envoy for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui in Moscow, Russia, May 26, 2023. Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Russia warned the West on Monday that a deal allowing Ukrainian grain to be exported from the Black Sea would cease unless a United Nations agreement aimed at overcoming obstacles to Russian grain and fertiliser exports was fulfilled.

The United Nations and Turkey brokered the Black Sea deal for an initial 120 days in July last year to help tackle a global food crisis that has been aggravated by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, one of the world's leading grain exporters.

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