Guterres to hold grain deal meetings with Lavrov, Zelensky, and Erdogan

(Patria) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will discuss the renewal of the grain deal with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as well as with the Presidents of Turkey and Ukraine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Volodymyr Zelensky, next week.

The talks will be held during personal meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the Russian agency Tass reported.

"Next week I will receive President Zelensky, I will receive President Erdogan, I will receive Minister Lavrov, and obviously this issue will be on the table in our discussions," Guterres said.

He noted that he would hold separate contacts with representatives of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and Turkey and that he did not plan to bring them together.

"I remain determined to do everything possible to establish the Black Sea initiative, the export of Ukrainian food products, as well as to continue our work on facilitating Russian food and fertilizer within the framework of the sanctions regime," he added.

The UN General Assembly will be held from September 19 to 23 in New York.