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Backlog of 77 ships waiting to transport agricultural goods from Ukraine
Ships, including those carrying grain from Ukraine and awaiting inspections, are seen anchored off the Istanbul coastline on November 02, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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The organization overseeing the export of Ukrainian agriculture products said there is a backlog of 77 vessels waiting to be loaded with cargo.
The Joint Coordination Center also said that about 15 loaded vessels are waiting for inspection in Turkish territorial waters.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal brokered in July among Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations, eased Russia’s naval blockade and saw the reopening of three key Ukrainian ports. Since the deal with signed, more than 10 million metric tons of grain and foodstuffs have left for destinations around the world.
Kyiv has previously blamed Moscow for holding up inspections and delaying vessel movements.
— Amanda Macias
Eight vessels will depart Ukraine’s ports under Black Sea Grain Initiative
A photograph taken on October 31, 2022 shows cargo ships loaded with grain in the anchorage area of the southern entrance to the Bosphorus in Istanbul.
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The organization overseeing the export of Ukrainian agriculture products said that eight vessels will depart the besieged country.
The amount of grain and other foodstuffs exported under the Black Sea Grain Initiative so far exceeds 10 million metric tons.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal brokered in July among Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations, eased Russia’s naval blockade and saw the reopening of three key Ukrainian ports.
— Amanda Macias
Biden has ‘no intention’ on meeting with Putin on sidelines of the G-20
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after trilateral meeting with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Sochi, Russia October 31, 2022.
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The White House said the Biden administration doesn’t plan to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the upcoming G-20 summit.
“He has no intention of meeting with President Putin,” White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre told reporters during a daily press briefing when asked if there were preparations for a bilateral.
She added that Ukraine should also be able to attend the G-20 meetings in Indonesia regardless if Putin attends.
“We’ve been very clear about how we see that invite,” Jean Pierre added.
— Amanda Macias
White House says Russian influence in U.S. elections is “well known and well documented”
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, September 23, 2022.
Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin’s claims that Russia interfered, and continues to interfere, in U.S. elections weren’t suprising.
“These comments do not tell us anything new or surprising, as we all know,” Jean-Pierre said in a press briefing. “It’s well known and well documented in the public domain that entities associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin have…
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