Ukraine Crop-Deal Talks End With Pact Extension Still in Doubt
- Turkey says ‘constructive’ progress made at Istanbul talks
- Russia reiterates that the agreement may end next week: Tass
Dry bulk cargo vessels, including ships carrying grain, at the southern entrance to the Bosporus Strait leading to the Black Sea in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 2, 2022.
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The latest talks on extending Ukraine’s grain-export deal ended without a definitive agreement, with Russia reiterating its threat to withdraw from the pact in one week.
Negotiations in Istanbul over the past two days between officials from Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations made “positive and constructive” progress, according to the Turkish defense ministry. However, Russia repeated a warning on Thursday that the deal will end from May 18 unless its demands for progress toward removing obstacles on its own food and fertilizer shipments are met.