The Ukrainian government said that Russia's refusal to register a vessel in the Black Sea Port is equivalent to terminating the Black Sea Food Agreement.
Reuters reported that the Ukraine Reconstruction Department issued a statement on Monday (May 8th) saying: "In fact, the Russian Federation has once again terminated the Black Sea Grain Export initiative because they refused to register and check the ship they entered ...This method conflicts with the terms of the current protocol. "
Statement pointed out that there are currently 90 Ukraine vessels, including 62 ships loaded with grain, are gathered in Turkey's collar sea waiting for Russia for approval, and used to Ukraine ports.
Since the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine War, Ukraine and Russia's exports of agricultural products through the Black Sea have been disturbed.However, under the mediation of the United Nations and Turkey, in July 2022, Russia and Ukraine resumed the Black Sea Port Agricultural Products Foreign Products and signed the Black Sea Grain Export Initiative. The agreement was valid for 120 days.