The United States welcomes efforts by the United Nations and Turkey to get Russia back in the Black Sea grain deal, with behind-the-scenes talks on the issue ongoing, US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Monday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st July, 2023) The United States welcomes efforts by the United Nations and Turkey to get Russia back in the Black Sea grain deal, with behind-the-scenes talks on the issue ongoing, US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Monday.
"We are supporting efforts by the Secretary-General, by the government of Turkey, as well as others, to encourage Russia to come back into the deal and resume the movements of grain through the Black Sea," Thomas-Greenfield told reporters.
Discussions on the topic "are ongoing behind the scenes," the diplomat added.
