The leaders of the G7 countries during a summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima called on the Russian Federation to stop threatening food supplies as part of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a communique. Also, the terrorist country was urged to let the "

“We support the expansion and extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, and we call on Russia to stop threatening global food supplies and allow CGE to operate at its maximum potential,” the document says..

Also, according to the communique, the G7 countries intend to continue supporting the export of Ukrainian agricultural products.. This also applies to supplies through the EU-Ukraine solidarity channels..

“We remain committed to the Grain from Ukraine initiative,” the communique says..

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On May 17, it became known that the grain agreement, which will allow Ukraine to continue exporting grain through ports in the Black Sea, has been extended for two months..

At the same time, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that for the agreement to work effectively, it is necessary to eliminate the problems that Russia has been creating for several months in a row by sabotaging inspections and registering a new fleet..

Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Serhiy Kyslitsa said that Russia is blackmailing other countries by disrupting the “grain agreement” and speculating that it allegedly loses from its action, while in fact grain exports from Russia have doubled.