Turkey announces the extension of the international agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain
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18 March 2023 17:20
A deal allowing the export of Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports that was due to expire on Saturday has been renewed, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said, while a Ukrainian government minister said the extension had been agreed for 120 days, Reuters reports.
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In 2021, the Kremlin developed a plan to destabilize the situation in the Republic of Moldova, in order to prevent our country from joining the EU and NATO, through disinformation campaigns and denigration, in particular, of the North Atlantic Alliance. Another point of the Russian plan was to force our country to participate in Russian international projects, such as the Eurasian Union. Likewise, it was proposed to solve the Transnistrian conflict by granting a special status to the region. Several international journalists came into possession of the document issued by the Kremlin and published this plan to destabilize the Republic of Moldova.
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