Restrictions on Russia’s agricultural exports and supporting infrastructure should be lifted, the deputy UN envoy has said Russia is ready to rejoin the grain deal brokered by the UN and Türkiye, but only on the condition that Western nations and Ukraine meet their long-standing obligations, Moscow’s deputy permanent representative to the UN said on Friday.

Establishing sustainable payments mechanisms for mutual trade is among the key issues for the BRICS group of nations to discuss at their summit next month, the Russian Foreign Ministry told RT on Friday.

The West should “re-SWIFT” Russia’s major agriculture lender, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin has said The Black Sea grain deal could be resumed if Russia’s major agriculture lender, Rosselkhozbank, is reconnected to the SWIFT international payments system, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin told reporters on Friday.