The US, the United Kingdom, and the European Union have been nudging New Delhi to try and convince Moscow to revive the grain deal, even as Monday’s meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan failed to restore the agreement.
Negotiations for reviving the Black Sea grain deal are likely to continue on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend as a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan failed to restore the agreement brokered by the United Nations.
The West, led by the United States, is likely to use the G20 summit forum to criticise Russia for withdrawing from the grain deal and further aggravating global food insecurity, triggered by Moscow’s military aggression against Ukraine – particularly in Africa and Asia.
The US, the United Kingdom, and the European Union have been nudging New Delhi to try and convince Moscow to revive the grain deal – not only because India holds the rotating presidency of the G20 and will host its annual summit on Saturday and Sunday, but also because India’s decades-old strategic partnership with Russia remained undisturbed by the geopolitical churning triggered by the war in Ukraine.