America News Desk!!! UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed the Black Sea grain export deal over the phone. They discussed how to guarantee the reform and expansion of the Black Sea Initiative, said a readout issued by the UN chief’s press office on Friday. The two also talked about improving the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between Russia and the United Nations Secretariat on the Promotion of Russian Food Products and Fertilizers in World Markets. In July 2022, Russia and Ukraine separately signed a document in Istanbul with Turkey and the United Nations on grain and fertilizer exports from Ukraine and Russia to ensure supplies to global markets amid the Ukraine crisis, Xinhua news agency reported. Did it The initially 120-day agreement was extended to November 2022 and again for another 120 days on March 18. The Kremlin said on Tuesday that conditions are not yet in favor of going ahead with a Black Sea grain export deal, after Guterres sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the UN readout, Guterres and Erdogan also discussed the situation in Syria and Sudan.
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