Kenya calls Russia’s decision to end grain export deal a ‘stab in the back’

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July 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Kenyan government has stated that Russia’s decision to end the agreement with Ukraine for the export of grain from Ukrainian ports is “a stab in the back” to food security that especially affects countries affected by drought.

“Russia’s decision to pull out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative is a stab in the back to global food security prices and disproportionately impacts the already drought-stricken Horn of Africa,” the secretary said. General of the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korir Sing’Oei, through his account on the social network Twitter.

Russia put an end to the grain export agreement due to Ukraine’s alleged breach of it, adding that the parties had been notified, including the United Nations, to whom Moscow’s arguments refusing to extend the agreement have been conveyed.

Thus, he clarified that the expiration of the agreement implies the closure of the maritime humanitarian corridor in the northwest of the Black Sea and the dissolution of the joint coordination center in Istanbul, created as a result of the pact. In addition, Moscow has withdrawn security guarantees for navigation in the immediate vicinity.

The grain export agreement was reached a year ago in the Turkish city of Istanbul with the mediation of the Turkish authorities and the United Nations. The pact allowed Ukrainian cereals and Russian agricultural products to be exported through the ports of the Black Sea and the Bosphorus Strait, although Russia has denounced that the exports of its fertilizers did not comply as stated in the original agreement.