State Department: US trying to find alternative routes to Black Sea grain corridor

“It is our goal and our hope that Russia re-enters the Black Sea Grain Initiative so grain and food product can get to the places that it needs to go. We of course are continuing to assess and look at what other options are available to make sure that the flow of food product can get to the places that it needs to go,” Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the US Department of State, said at a briefing, Report informs.

“What I can say is that we want the Black Sea Grain Initiative to be up and running again. We know that it worked. And we also are incredibly thankful for the UN and our Turkish partners for the role that they played previously in getting this deal together and the role that they continue to play to try and convince Russia to re-enter,” Patel said.