Russia and Ukraine have both signed a UN backed deal to resume grain exports via which water body?

Black Sea

Red Sea

Caspian Sea

Aegean Sea

Answer: Black Sea

Last month, Russia and Ukraine signed a UN-backed deal to resume exports of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.

The agreement, which will be implemented in the next few weeks, was signed in the Turkish city of Istanbul. The deal was brokered by the government in Ankara.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was in attendance along with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Russian and Ukrainian officials sat down to sign the documents.

Millions of tons of wheat have been stuck in the war-torn nation. Grain exporters in Ukrainian port cities like Odesa have been unable to ship their goods due to the conflict which began on February 24 this year. The ships being stuck gave rise to a global shortage of the commodity and pushing up food prices.

Ukraine is one of the world’s biggest wheat exporters. However, Russian forces have been blocking the Black Sea, where the grain silos at key Ukrainian ports are located.

“We are proud to be instrumental in an initiative that will play a major role in solving global food crisis that has been on the agenda for a long time,” Erdogan said, according to a translation.

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