A senior European Union official urged Russia on August 26 to renew a grain deal to allow the safe export of Ukrainian grain through Black Sea ports, after Moscow quit the agreement last month. European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said Russian restrictions on shipping of Ukrainian grains via the Black Sea were creating problems not only for Kyiv but for many developing countries. Russia is using "grain as a weapon", said Dombrovskis, who is in India to participate in a Group of 20 trade ministers' meeting. To read the original story from Reuters, click here.
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