The United Nations is working with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to create a platform to help process transactions for Russian exports of grain and fertilizer to Africa, the top U.N. trade official told Reuters on Wednesday.
An agreement struck in July last year requires the U.N. to help Russia overcome any obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports for three years. It was reached at the same time as a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of food and fertilizer from Ukraine following Russia's February 2022 invasion.
"We have not turned the corner on this," Rebeca Grynspan, who leads the implementation of the U.N. deal with Russia, said in an interview, describing the Black Sea accord and pact between the U.N. and Russia as continuing to "be a life line for food security" around the world.
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