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Russia, Ukraine Sign UN Deal To Export Grain - Relieves Looming "Nightmare For Developing Count

• Zero Hedge

Update(11:15ET): The deal is official, signed late in the day in Istanbul under UN auspices - though the Ukrainian government has stressed it signed a "mirror agreement" with the UN and not with Moscow directly, per CNN:

Ukraine and Russia have agreed a deal that would allow the resumption of vital grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, a major diplomatic breakthrough aimed at easing a global food crisis sparked by the war, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday. Ministers from both countries signed an agreement brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in Istanbul.

The breakthrough followed months of negotiations, and promises to unblock ports on the Black Sea to allow the safe passage of grain and oilseeds — some of Ukraine's most important exports.

"Today, there is a beacon on the Black Sea. A beacon of hope – a beacon of possibility – a beacon of relief – in a world that needs it more than ever," UN Secretary Guterres said Friday as the Ukraine-Russia deal was signed to allow for grain exports from previously blocked ports.


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