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Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announces the extension of the Black Sea grain deal that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain to resume following Russia's invasion. "This agreement" he says, "is of vital importance in terms of global food supply". Ukraine's infrastructure minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, tweeted that the deal has been extended for 120 days. COMPLETES EN_33BK8BL SOUNDBITE
Images of the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin leaving a UN building following talks on renewing the Ukraine grain export deal. Russia has agreed to renew the accord but only for another 60 days. IMAGES
UN Conference on Trade and Development head Rebecca Grynspan and UN Emergency Relief chief Martin Griffiths arrive ahead of talks with Russia on renewing the Ukraine grain export deal, which has helped ease the global food crisis triggered by Moscow's invasion of its neighbour. IMAGES
European Union spokesman Peter Stano welcomes the departure of a grain shipment from Ukraine as a "first step" towards mitigating the food crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of its neighbour, but says Brussels still expects the "implementation of the whole deal". Under the July 22 deal signed in Istanbul, Ukraine is to remove the mines and Russia to lift its blockade, but shipments have been slow to restart and fighting on land continues. SOUNDBITE
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Istanbul ahead of grain talks where a UN-backed deal to resume grain shipments across the Black Sea for the first time since the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine in February is expected to be signed by Russia, Ukraine and Turkey. IMAGES
The United States hails a Turkish-brokered deal to export grain from Ukrainian ports and urges Russia to implement it. "We welcome the announcement of this agreement in principle, but what we're focusing on now is holding Russia accountable for implementing this agreement and for enabling Ukrainian grain to get to world markets," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
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