UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ by stalled Black Sea Grain Initiative

On Sunday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said, in a

for the Secretary-General, that Mr. Guterres has decided to delay his departure for the Arab League Summit in Algiers by a day to focus on the issue.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, mountains of grains built up in silos, with ships unable to secure safe passage to and from Ukrainian ports, and land routes were unable to compensate.

This…