Abdel Fatah al-Sisi tells summit it is ‘essential’ to revive deal, as Kenya calls Moscow exit ‘a stab in the back’
Explainer: What was the Black Sea grain deal and why did it collapse?
Egypt’s leader, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, has urged Vladimir Putin to return to the Black Sea grain deal during a Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg marked by concerns about the global economic fallout of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a speech during a plenary session of African delegations attended by the Russian president, al-Sisi said it was “essential to reach agreement” on reviving the deal, which had allowed 33m tons of Ukrainian grain to reach markets, many in developing countries in Africa.
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