UN holds ‘constructive’ talks in Moscow on grain, fertilizer exports

NEW YORK: A senior UN official had “constructive discussions” in Moscow with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov on facilitating Russian grain and fertilizer exports to global markets, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday.

The UN official, Rebecca Grynspan, is now in Washington for more talks, he said. Grynspan is head of the UN Conference on Trade and Development and coordinator of the UN Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance that aims to help countries face economic shocks from the Ukraine war.