Russia has not discussed with the UN the organization's involvement in the Black Sea initiative

Russia is not discussing with the UN the possibility for the organization to join the renewed Black Sea initiative.

For the parties' reasons: the Russian Federation and the United States have made progress in the "Black Sea Initiative"

It became known what Moscow and Washington agreed on during 12-hour consultations in Riyadh.

"We are not discussing anything on this topic with the UN," Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the organization, Dmitry Polyansky, told Izvestia.

Russia and the United States agreed to resume the Black Sea initiative following a meeting in Saudi Arabia on March 24. This is about the so-called grain deal, concluded in July 2022 in Istanbul with the mediation of the UN and Turkey. It expired in July 2023 after Moscow refused to renew it.