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Russian delegation to the JCC will arrive in Turkey today and
begin work in a four-way format, alongside Turkey, Ukraine and
the United Nations, the ministry said in a statement posted on
social media.
Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal last Friday, brokered
by Ankara and the U.N., to unblock grain exports from Ukraine's
Black Sea ports and ease an international food crisis.
The deal was almost immediately thrown into jeopardy after
Russia fired cruise missiles on the port of Odesa, Ukraine's
largest, on Saturday morning, just 12 hours after the signing
ceremony in Istanbul.
But both Moscow and Kyiv have said they will try to push forward
with the agreement - the first major diplomatic breakthrough in
the conflict now in its sixth month.
Ukraine and Russia accounted for around a third of global wheat
exports before Russia's Feb. 24 invasion.
The Russian delegation to the JCC will be headed by rear admiral
Eduard Luik, Moscow said.
"The main task of Russian specialists in the JCC will be the
prompt resolution of all necessary issues for the initiative to
enter the stage of practical implementation," the defence
ministry said.
The Kremlin on Monday called for the U.N. to secure the removal
of curbs on Russian fertiliser and grain exports as part of the
deal, saying it was still too early to say whether the agreement
would be a success.
(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Kirsten Donovan/Guy
Faulconbridge)
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