Russia, Ukraine extend grain deal to aid world's poor

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and United Nations officials say an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia has been extended

By KARL RITTER - Associated Press
Mar 18, 2023
Mar 18, 2023 Updated Mar 18, 2023
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FILE - Grain is offloaded from the Eaubonne bulk carrier ship after it docked in the port of Mombasa, Kenya on Nov. 26, 2022. Senior U.N. officials hosted Russian envoys in Geneva on Monday, March 13, 2023 in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and prevent a potential new spike in world food prices. Despite being at war, Ukraine and Russia struck a deal last July that allows Ukraine — one of the world’s key breadbaskets — to ship grain from its Black Sea ports and permits Russia to export food and fertilizers.

Gideon Maundu - stringer, AP

FILE - The Eaubonne bulk carrier ship docks in the port of Mombasa, Kenya Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. An unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices are pushing more people into poverty has been extended, officials said Saturday, March 18, 2023.

Gideon Maundu - stringer, AP

FILE - Grain is offloaded from the Eaubonne bulk carrier ship after it docked in the port of Mombasa, Kenya on Nov. 26, 2022. An unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices are pushing more people into poverty has been extended, officials said Saturday, March 18, 2023.

Gideon Maundu - stringer, AP

FILE - Cargo ships anchor at the Black Sea wait to cross the Bosporus strait in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ukrainian officials say Saturday, March 18, 2023, an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices are pushing more people into poverty has been extended.

Khalil Hamra - staff, AP

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin, left, leaves the U.N. building after a meeting with the U.N. officials for talks on Black Sea Grain Initiative, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 13, 2023. Senior U.N. officials hosted Russian envoys in Geneva on Monday in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and prevent a potential new spike in world food prices.

Salvatore Di Nolfi - foreign subscriber, Keystone

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An unprecedented wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices are pushing more people into poverty was extended just before its expiration date, officials said Saturday.

The United Nations and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the extension, but neither confirmed how long it would last. The U.N., Turkey and Ukraine had pushed for 120 days, while Russia said it was willing to agree to 60 days.

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Russia, Ukraine extend grain deal to aid world's poor