Moscow's stance: no UN compliance, no Ukrainian export talks

Russia said unless the UN implemented the terms of a memorandum about Russian agricultural exports within three months, Moscow would not restart talks about the Black Sea grain deal.

FILE PHOTO: The cargo ship Mehmet Bey waits to pass through the Bosphorus Strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Mehmet Emin Calsikan/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that unless the United Nations implemented the terms of a memorandum about Russian agricultural exports within three months, Moscow would not restart talks about a deal to allow Ukrainian exports through the Black Sea.

"The UN still has three months to achieve concrete results," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. "If there are concrete results, we will return to the discussion of this (wider) issue."

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Andrew Osborn)