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November 12 () –
The Russian authorities have informed the Turkish authorities that ships from outside the Russian Federation will not be allowed to pass through the Kerch Strait, which separates the Black Sea from the Azov Sea.
“According to the official notification we received from the Maritime Administration of the Russian Federation, the passage of ships coming from outside the territory of the Russian Federation to the north through the Kerch Strait, which allows passage to the Azov Sea, is prohibited. Our maritime industry is informed”, has published the General Directorate of the Sea on Twitter.
This same Saturday, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Verhsinin, has declared that the renewal of the agreement for the export of Ukrainian grain and Russian fertilizers in the midst of the conflict in Ukraine is an unresolved issue six days from the scheduled date, in principle , for the entry into force of the extension of the agreement.
“No,” the deputy minister emphatically responded to the question in question, before recalling that “all circumstances will have to be taken into account” once the initial agreement expires on November 18.
“We have to take everything into account, and we cannot forget the terrorist attacks that the Ukrainian side carried out on the Crimean bridge, including the terrorist attack in the waters of Sevastopol, where ships that provide a humanitarian corridor are deployed,” he said. the vice minister.
Verhsinin thus referred to the attack with unmanned devices denounced by Russia against the port at the end of last month and of which he accused Ukraine and the United Kingdom, who denied any involvement.
The deputy minister also echoed the criticisms of Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the journey of these shipments, which according to Moscow have European countries as their main destination, rather than the population of the African continent, a priority given the food needs they satisfies the Ukrainian grain.
“(The journey) raises doubts, and that is to put it mildly,” the minister reiterated in statements collected by the Russian agency TASS.
“They tell us that they arrive in Europe for further processing, but then they let us see where they end up going: it is one thing if they end up in Africa or Latin America, but since they end up in Europe and they tell us that these shipments are going to help against hunger, we are going to find ourselves in an absolutely hypocritical situation,” he warned.