UN chief urges more effort to ensure access to Ukrainian grain

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gives a press conference with Ukrainian and Turkish presidents following talks in Lviv on August 18, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo: AFP)
AMMAN - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday there was still much more to do to ensure full global access to Ukrainian food products and Russian food and fertilizers after a UN.-brokered food export deal.اضافة اعلان

At a briefing in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, Guterres said developing countries needed help to purchase such grain and called for unimpeded access to global markets for Russian food and fertilizers which are not subject to sanctions.

"This is an agreement between two parties locked in bitter conflict. It is unprecedented in scope and scale. But there is still a long way to go on many fronts," he said.

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