UN on Trust During Grain Deal Talks: Russia Kept Promises Made Regarding Azovstal

© Russin Defence Ministry / Go to the mediabankThe work of sapper units at the Azovstal plant
The work of sapper units at the Azovstal plant - Sputnik International, 1920, 22.07.2022
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Russia kept its promises regarding the Azovstal in Mariupol, a senior UN official said on Friday, when asked whether Moscow should be trusted when it comes to a grain deal with Ukraine.
Earlier in the day, the defense ministers of Russia and Turkey and the infrastructure minister of Ukraine met in Istanbul to ink a UN-brokered deal on Ukraine grain and food exports.
"The UN was very directly involved in Azovstal operations back in April and which were agreements between the Russian Ministry of Defense, in particular, Ukrainian forces, the United Nations, the ICRC [the International Committee of the Red Cross] and those negotiations were successful in the sense promises made were kept," the official told journalists at the briefing.
In this handout video grab released by the Russian Defence Ministry, service members of Ukrainian forces who have surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant stand in line in the Russia-controlled port city of Mariupol, Donetsk People's Republi - Sputnik International, 1920, 24.05.2022
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The official also praised Turkey's role in the negotiations.
"Turkish role has been absolutely central in these negotiations ... It is important to get the militaries, two parties involved," the official added.
Mariupol came under Russian control on April 21, and the remaining Azov-affiliated Ukrainian militants sheltered at the Azovstal plant. Russia offered safe exit to all those who agreed to surrender and lay down arms. The gradual exodus from Azovstal ended on May 20, when a total of 2,400 Ukrainian militants surrendered and the plant went under the control of Russian forces.
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