Russia: America’s promise to exempt food from sanctions has not been fulfilled.
In a phone call with his American counterpart, the Russian Foreign Minister told him that Washington’s promise to exempt Russian food products from sanctions has not been fulfilled.
In a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told him that the US promise to exempt Russian food from sanctions has not been fulfilled.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia announced in a statement that Lavrov talked to Blinken on the phone about the implementation of the agreement regarding the passage of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the senior diplomats of the two countries had discussed this issue “in detail”. Lavrov criticized the US for complicating the issue and said: “US promises to provide appropriate exemptions for Russian food products have not yet been fulfilled.”
Antony Blinken also warned Lavrov about trying to annex more parts of Ukraine’s territory to Russia and emphasized that “the world will not recognize the annexed areas” and “against Russia, if it takes such measures, more costs will be imposed.” will do.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry stated in its statement that Lavrov told Blinken that Russia’s goals in Ukraine “will be fully realized.”
A senior US State Department official told CNN that the phone call was made at noon on Thursday Washington time and lasted approximately 25 minutes.
Russia ordered a military attack on Ukraine on March 5 (February 24). This development occurred a few days after Moscow officially recognized the independence of the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the goal of his country’s military operations to “demilitarize Ukraine” and “de-Nazify” this country.
Russia has also announced that Ukraine has not fulfilled its obligations under the Minsk agreements that were reached in 2014 and 2015 to resolve the existing conflicts between the separatists and Kyiv.
