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Zelensky asks Stoltenberg to convene NATO-Ukraine Council over grain deal crisis
The Kiev Independent via Yahoo ^ | July 22nd, 2023 | The Kyiv Independent news desk

Posted on 07/22/2023 2:46:40 PM PDT by Mariner

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he asked NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg during a phone call on June 22 to convene the NATO-Ukraine Council to discuss the terminated Black Sea Grain Initiative.

"I turned to Jens with a proposal to urgently convene such a council for appropriate crisis consultations. The meeting will take place in a few days. We can overcome the security crisis in the Black Sea," Zelensky said.

NATO launched the NATO-Ukraine Council, aimed at enabling closer coordination between Kyiv and the alliance, and extended the Comprehensive Assistance Package (which provided 500 million euros in defense aid so far) into a multi-year program after the summit in Vilnius held on July 11.

Zelensky said earlier on July 22 that he spoke with Stoltenberg by phone about sustaining the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

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Russia has already announced they would renew the agreement if the parallel agreement signed in Ankara (which allows free access for Russian Ag and AG banks to world markets) was implemented.

It was announced the same day as Russia declined to renew. And most here have not heard of it.

1 posted on 07/22/2023 2:46:40 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

The walls are closing in on Saint George Washington Jesus Zelensky.


2 posted on 07/22/2023 2:51:08 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (Biden will mess up the Ukraine worse than Afghanistan.)
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Something is very wrong here. The very last thing these murderers and butchers are concerned about is food getting to the peasants. The grain deal was more than a means of transporting grain. Think kids and women. That’s why they are in a panic.


3 posted on 07/22/2023 2:53:05 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: wildcard_redneck

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4 posted on 07/22/2023 2:53:44 PM PDT by Firehath
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To: Mariner

Why is there a “NATO-Ukraine” Council?

That’s like a Warsaw Pact-Mexico Council.


5 posted on 07/22/2023 2:55:08 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Make the GOP illegal - everything else will follow)
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To: Mariner

Who needs Ukraine's grain.

6 posted on 07/22/2023 3:14:57 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: JonPreston

Ukraine grain was mostly going to the EU.
Zelensky needs the money.

Maybe the meathead shouldn’t have used the agreed safe commercial shipping corridors to mask drone attacks on Crimea, and maybe the meathead should not have blown up the ammonia pipeline feeding Russian fertilizer production.


7 posted on 07/22/2023 3:31:26 PM PDT by silverleaf (It's not propaganda just because you disagree with it. )
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One must look at exports, and not just wheat.

Corn. Soybeans. Seed oils. Potash.

It’s a completely different graphic.


8 posted on 07/22/2023 3:32:50 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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“Something is very wrong here. The very last thing these murderers and butchers are concerned about is food getting to the peasants. The grain deal was more than a means of transporting grain. Think kids and women. That’s why they are in a panic.”

Interesting suggestion. We know these world leaders, particularly Zelensky, cares nothing for human life. Maybe it’s just the lost revenue he’s concerned about.

I wonder if he would accept resuming “grain” shipments if each shipment was subject to inspection.


9 posted on 07/22/2023 3:35:43 PM PDT by MNDude (Once you remove "they would never" from your Trump shared a post on soci it all begins to make sense)
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To: McGruff

I’m shocked USA is so low. I would have assumed we’re first place.


10 posted on 07/22/2023 3:37:06 PM PDT by MNDude (Once you remove "they would never" from your Trump shared a post on soci it all begins to make sense)
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To: silverleaf

I asked ChatGPT to list in order who is buying grain from Ukraine:

1. Egypt
2. China
3. India
4. Turkey
5. Bangladesh
6. Indonesia
7. Iran


11 posted on 07/22/2023 3:40:54 PM PDT by MNDude (Once you remove "they would never" from your Trump shared a post on soci it all begins to make sense)
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We know these world leaders, particularly Zelensky, cares nothing for human life.

Exactly. These are the people who have been shelling civilians in the Donbass since 2014. They blow up pipelines, shell nuclear plants and are now using cluster bombs indiscriminately. And their care about grain getting to civilians? No sale.

12 posted on 07/22/2023 4:00:01 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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“NATO launched the NATO-Ukraine Council, aimed at enabling closer coordination between Kyiv and the alliance, and extended the Comprehensive Assistance Package (which provided 500 million euros in defense aid so far) into a multi-year program ..”


500 million over a year and a half !

The Euros are going all out !

May as well phone the Tooth Fairy. No worse than these clowns.


13 posted on 07/22/2023 4:09:07 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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Maybe the meathead shouldn’t have used the agreed safe commercial shipping corridors to mask drone attacks on Crimea, and maybe the meathead should not have blown up the ammonia pipeline feeding Russian fertilizer production.


That’s what this was. And Putin shut it down, so Zelensky/NATO can do their wounded queen act and “concern” about the world’s poor.


14 posted on 07/22/2023 4:11:33 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: Mariner

I see a possibility here. Maybe this can be the start of negotiations to stop the war. Zelelnsky is asking for someone to step in and help out for a change.


15 posted on 07/22/2023 5:25:03 PM PDT by odawg
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calling Jens by his first name?....real classy little twerp


16 posted on 07/22/2023 5:29:13 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: JonPreston

Apparently Zelensky (as President) can’t handle any of his countries deals without getting Nato/US permission.


17 posted on 07/22/2023 6:22:15 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: Jim Noble

Why can’t Zelensky send grain over land to othr ports or send by train?


18 posted on 07/22/2023 6:23:16 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: JonPreston; MNDude; gleeaikin; All

“Zelensky, cares nothing for human life.”

>>>>>>>>>>

Are you people alright?

If I follow your logic, if a woman gets raped and beaten, SHE is the one who molested the poor guy?? The man in that scenario is the victim, Right?
You like to always blame the victim. Why? It’s nonsensical.

There are 300.000 Russian troops illegally invading Ukraine right now. They use Russian convicts, rapists, murderers taken out from Russian prisons. The Kremlin has also kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children, and are boasting about it on live Russian TV. The reported Russian warcrimes are never ending. Entire towns have been leveled by Russia in Ukraine.

You blame Ukraine for their defensive actions against the invaders. So mean of them do defend themselves, why don’t they let Russia take whole Ukraine without firing a shot, right? Are your brains sane? You actually believe people should just give up their homelands ? Are you Bolsheviks ? Or simply anarchists? Or maybe some old hippies enraged about America and freedom?

I presume you are also HUGE supporters of the ANTIFA gangs who destroyed 110 US cities? You want the Police to be defunded because they try to defend US citizens and families? Right? You are on a mission to eliminate the defenders and encourage the aggressors. Do you think that is a goal Christians should follow? Are you against Christianity?

You have infiltrated FR with your commie Neo-soviet tactics. Your war against conservatism and your mission in supporting the Kremlin’s deep-state warmongering politicians makes you to a certain level complicit with Russias acts.

Does your consciousness let you sleep at night?
Or are you all in in this Neo-soviet quest of yours?


19 posted on 07/22/2023 8:11:38 PM PDT by USA-FRANCE
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