Russia and Ukraine are close to agreeing to extend a deal securing Kyiv’s grain exports via its Black Sea ports despite the war, a crucial step to alleviating a global food crisis triggered by the conflict.
Negotiators are confident the warring sides will agree to extend the agreement before it expires on Saturday after reaching a compromise with Russia on payments for its own agricultural exports and reopening a pipeline carrying ammonia that passes through Ukraine, according to four people familiar with the matter.
The deal, first struck with the UN and Turkey’s mediation in July, is automatically renewed unless one of the parties objects.
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