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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jamey Keaten and Karl Ritter

UN seeks extension of key Ukraine-Russia wartime grain deal

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Senior U.N. officials hosted Russian envoys in Geneva on Monday in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and prevent a potential new spike in world food prices.

Despite being at war, Ukraine and Russia struck a deal last July that allows Ukraine — one of the world’s key breadbaskets — to ship grain from its Black Sea ports and permits Russia to export food and fertilizers.

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