UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov signed a UN-brokered grain deal in Istanbul on Friday.
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said that two documents were signed in Istanbul aimed at solving the issue of food and grain exports to the global market.
The defense minister added that the first document stipulates the United Nations to facilitate removal of restrictions on exports of Russian agricultural products.
"The second document defines the algorithm for the export of Ukrainian agricultural products from the Black Sea ports controlled by Ukraine," Shoigu said, adding that Kiev is responsible for security in Ukrainian territorial waters, including demining.
In addition, the minister said that the deal would be impossible without active mediating role of Turkey and the UN. Shoigu promised that Russia will not take advantage of demining and opening of Ukrainian ports.
Commenting on the signed memorandum, a UN official explained that the Black Sea grain initiative is a renewable 120-day deal, but it should continue until the Russia-Ukraine conflict ends. The official added that it will take weeks to see ships transport grain in the Black Sea. ..
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