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UN visits Ukraine to save the Black Sea grain deal

The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has been holding talks with President Zelensky in Kyiv to discuss a globally significant grain deal – which is due to expire shortly.

As the Black Sea grain deal comes to an end in 10 days, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, is in Ukraine to meet President Zelensky in an effort to safeguard the crucial grain export deal.

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(Picture: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shake hands after a joint news briefing in Kyiv. Source: REUTERS/Alina Yarysh)

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