Kiev had given Moscow not written but "via Turkey" Guarantees for the grain corridor: Putin

Putin noted that he ordered Russia to return to the deal only after Türkiye, which had acted as an intermediary in the original deal, informed the Russian Defense Ministry that Ukraine had given assurances to refrain from using the corridor for military purposes.

Moscow reserves the right to withdraw from the grain agreements, if Kiev breaks its promise not to use the humanitarian corridor for military purposes, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Security Council on Wednesday.

He said that Kiev had given Moscow guarantees [1] that it would not use the grain corridor for military purposes.

"I have given instructions to the Defense Ministry to resume our full participation in this endeavor. At the same time, Russia reserves the right to withdraw from these agreements, if these guarantees are violated by Ukraine," Putin stressed.

The Russian leader drew attention to the fact that initially the purpose of the grain deal was to help the poorest countries. For this a mechanism was created for the export of grain from Ukraine-controlled Black Sea ports. "Everyone knows that, unfortunately, Ukraine used this humanitarian corridor for an attempt to attack Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. For this reason, we decided to suspend our participation in these grain convoys," Putin said.

He explained that Moscow demanded from Kiev "pledges and guarantees that nothing like this will happen in the future and that the humanitarian corridors will not be used for military purposes."

Turkey acted as a mediator in settling this situation.

"The Defense Ministry has received information from the Turkish side that Ukraine has given such promises - these humanitarian corridors will not be used for military purposes," Putin said about Russia’s decision to re-enter [2] the grain deal.
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Notes:
1. В настоящее время от Минобороны России получена информация о том, что Киев дал заверения, что не будет использовать гумкоридоры в военных целях, добавил Путин.
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2. Extension Of Grain Deal Unrelated To Resumption Of Russias Participation - Moscow...

The decision to extend Russia's participation in the "grain deal" after November 18 will be made regardless of the resumption of Moscow's participation in it, taking into account the implementation of all its parts, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said on Wednesday.

"We are not returning (to the deal), we just suspended our participation, and now we have resumed it. As for the decision on the extension, this is a separate issue, which will be decided taking into account all the accompanying facts. The main one is so that the deal that was concluded with the UN, Ukraine and Turkey is implemented in full, its Ukrainian and Russian parts. Unfortunately, we see a big disproportion here. The Russian part is being implemented very badly. We will take this into account," he told reporters.
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Related:
Ukraine provided Guarantees, Russia resumed Participation in Grain Deal, 4 Days after suspending it:
[https://youtu.be/rYYGZ7q_gQY]
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Grain deal without the Russia should not be carried out, silence over use grain corridor to Attack:
[https://youtu.be/0lyJjQgSyAY]