UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, proposed resuming the grain deal on terms favorable to Moscow, including the lifting of sanctions.
The German publication Bild writes about this, citing this letter, which was at their disposal.
It is noted that Guterres sent this letter to Lavrov on August 28. It demonstrates “how far the UN is willing to go to restore the grain deal with warmonger Putin”.
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In this letter, the UN Secretary General offers Lavrov “four specific cornerstones of an agreement between the UN Secretariat and the Russian Federation,” which should lead to the restoration of the Black Sea initiative. First sentence — this isthe return of the State Bank of the Russian Federation to SWIFT.
According to Bild, Guterres allegedly put forward a proposal to Lavrov to lift the financial sanctions imposed by the EU against the Russian Agricultural Bank in June 2022. Then RAB and a number of other state banks of the Russian Federation were excluded from the SWIFT system.
Moreover, Gueterres allegedly suggests that Lavrov use a specially created subsidiary of a sanctioned Russian bank called RSHB Capital SA to circumvent sanctions, and this company will be connected to SWIFT.
Second proposal from the UN — ; this isinsurance of Russian ships against Ukrainian attacks. The letter says that a jointly funded UN insurance company for the export of Russian food and fertilizers could begin working with Lloyd's within 4-6 weeks.
According to Bild, the UN secretary general is offering more than just insurance cargo, but also comprehensive insurance and P&I. Casco insurance — is insurance against external damage to vessels used for transportation, and P&I — this is comprehensive liability insurance for damage caused to third parties.
The publication made a request to the British insurance company Lloyd's regarding joint insurance of Russian cargo and ships, they replied: No comment.
< p>Third sentence — return of frozen assets to Russia.
In the third point, the Portuguese Guterres offers to help Lavrov return assets frozen by EU sanctions to the Putin regime.
— ; The United Nations can continue to help unlock frozen assets of Russian fertilizer companies in the European Union, — Guterres allegedly wrote in a letter.
The UN head suggested that Lavrov submit a list of “specific accounts or assets” and that “Russian fertilizer companies should apply to the relevant national EU authorities for appropriate exceptions”.
Guterres allegedly promised Lavrov that the UN would work with the relevant EU authorities based on these requests.
The fourth sentence — Russian ships will again be allowed to enter Germany and other countries.
It is noted that Guterres proposes to allow “effective access for Russian ships transporting food and fertilizers to EU ports through expedited port permits”.
The UN is allegedly ready to consider “further options facilitating access for Russian vessels to EU ports in the context of trade in agricultural products, including simplification of procedures for issuing relevant permits, including before departure from Russian ports.
According to Bild, for this purpose, Guterres’ representatives at the UN have already “conducted discussions with the European Commission and individual port authorities (Germany, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands)”.
The Office of the UN Secretary General did not respond to journalists’ requests regarding the scandalous letter. According to Bild, the Russian Federation is currently studying Guterres’ proposals and has not yet agreed to them, since the Kremlin considers them “too good to be true” and doubts their “technical feasibility.” announced relaxations.
