UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, will meet Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev today, a UN spokesman said.
“The secretary-general has just arrived in Poland on his way to Ukraine,” said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Guterres, in a statement issued yesterday.
Guterres and Zelensky will discuss the continuation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative in all its aspects, said the statement.
On Jul 22, 2022, Russia and Ukraine separately signed a document in Istanbul, with Türkiye and the United Nations, on grain and fertiliser exports from Ukraine and Russia, to ensure supplies to global markets amid the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict.
The deal, due to expire on Nov 19, 2022, was extended for another 120 days. Guterres has repeatedly called for the deal’s further extension.
While in Kiev, Guterres will also talk with Zelensky about “other pertinent issues,” Dujarric said in the statement, noting that, it is the UN chief’s third visit to Ukraine in the last year.
Guterres will be back to the United Nations headquarters in New York tomorrow, according to the statement.– NNN-XINHUA
