Russia and Ukraine have agreed to suspend attacks in the Black Sea
25. Mar 2025 at 4:56 pm I Updated at 17:06
The US repeated the requirement to stop killing.
Riyadh. United States, Mask and Ukraine have agreed at separate negotiations in Riyadh to ensure a safe cruisesexcluded use of military force and preventing the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.
This stems from joint statements published on Tuesday by the White House.
Two joint statements after separate negotiations of American, Russian and Ukrainian expert groups state that the US will help to restore Russia’s access to the world market in the field of exports of agricultural products and fertilizers, reduce sea insurance costs and improve access to port and payment systems for such transactions.
Ukraine has expressed support in connection with the effort to achieve an agreement on the exchange of military prisoners, the return of civil prisoners and forcibly dragged Ukrainian children.
The parties also agreed to draw up measures related to the agreement between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterparts Vladimir Putin Not an attack on energy equipment, with which Ukraine also agreed.
Putin only received a limited ceasefire. He still puts the conditions Read
The White House states in a statement that both parties to the US repeated the request of President Donald Trump to stop killing, which is a necessary step to reach a permanent peaceful solution.
« For this purpose, the United States will continue to support negotiations between the two parties in order to achieve a peaceful solution in accordance with the agreements concluded in Riyadh, » the statements said.
The Ukrainian Minister of Defense Rusto UMER, which was part of the Ukrainian delegation in Saudi Arabia, responded immediately to the conclusion of the agreement. He warned that Kiev would take the movement of Russian war ships « outside the eastern part of the Black Sea as a violation of the agreement. He stressed that in such a case « Ukraine will have the full right to exercise the right to self -defense ».
In a social network contribution, he also called for additional negotiations on the details of the agreement. « It is important to carry out further technical consultations as soon as possible to agree all the details and technical aspects of the implementation, monitoring and control of (taken) measures, » he wrote.
Can release the export of grain
The Black Sea ceasefire could solve the long -term problem of exporting Ukrainian agricultural crops.
Ukraine was a significant exporter of grain, corn or sunflowers before the war, and Russia has been attacking transport ships or ports since the war unleashed to deprive Ukraine for a source of income and pushed it from world markets.
The Russian request to restore access to the world fertilizer market was part of the original grain export agreement from which Russia resigned in 2023, writes Reuters.
Ukraine, after the resignation of Russia, was able to export the grain by an emergency naval route that tightly lined its coast and thus passed through the sovereign waters of Romania and Bulgaria.
According to the Agency, Moscow asked the grain agreement to be part of the current ceasefire negotiations.
According to the original agreement, Russia was to allow Ukraine to export agricultural crops, while Moscow was supposed to be able to export its crops and fertilizers. It complained that this part of the agreement was not fulfilled.
Reuters recalls that there are no sanctions on Russian crops and fertilizers, but the restrictions on the payment systems or insurance of Moscow ships complicate the trade in these commodities. The Kremlin thus demanded re -connection of his Rosselchozbank to the international Swift payment system.
Ukraine loses crops
Russian aggression Ukraine results in a significant decline in Ukrainian production and in the export of agricultural crops.
Server World-grain.com In February, he wrote that US authorities expect a decline in Ukrainian production in the season 24-25 by 13 percent and a decline in crop exports by up to 26 percent.
According to Americans, the most affected commodity is corn, which expect a decline in production by almost a quarter compared to the 23-24 season. It means production of 24.6 million tons. Corn exports, according to the same estimate, fall by 33 percent.
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