Secret letter that confused the UN… sent to Russia

UN Secretary General Guterres reportedly sent a confidential letter to Lavrov on August 28 to revive the grain initiative. It was argued that Guterres made four concrete proposals for the agreement between the UN Secretary General and the Russian Federation, which is expected to lead to the renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative at Lavrov.

The first proposal was claimed to be related to the return provision in SWIFT, the financial communication system of the Russian state bank.

Guterres allegedly suggested that the West use the company “RSHB Capital SA”, a subsidiary of the Russian Agricultural Bank RAB, to circumvent sanctions, and that the UN Secretary General’s “RSHB Capital SA” be able to exchange global financial messages via SWIFT. It was reported that he used the phrase.

It was claimed that this Kremlin-controlled company could “play the role of a port and provide technical services for payments without playing the role of a bank, thus not needing a banking license under Luxembourg law.”

“The UN CAN CONTINUE HELPING”

Noting that Guterres’s second proposition is that the UN wants to insure Russian ships against attack by Ukraine, the UN Secretary-General said in the letter: “A UN-funded insurance company for Russian food and fertilizer exports will deal with Lloyd’s in 4-6 weeks can become operational.” He went on record that he used the phrase.

It was stated that there is not only “cargo insurance for Russian food and fertilizer exports”, but also “hull and P&I” insurance, which includes hull insurance against external damage to vessels used in transport and a third party liability insurance.

Third, the letter claimed that Guterres was offering to help return assets frozen due to EU (Russian President Vladimir) sanctions on the Putin administration: “The United Nations can continue to help release frozen assets from the Russian fertilizer companies in the EU”. The statement was reported.

In his letter to Lavrov, Guterres stated that this requires “providing a list of specific accounts or assets” and that “Russian fertilizer companies should apply to the relevant EU authorities for exemption agreements”, adding that “the UN will work with national authorities and EU authorities on the basis of these requests.” It was noted that he used the phrase.

The UN Secretary General is said to have proposed the possibility of fast port permits for Russian ships carrying fertilizer and food to dock in EU ports.

The letter stated that “the UN is ready to consider further options to facilitate the access of Russian ships to EU ports in the context of trade in agricultural products”, including “simplified procedures for the issuance of the relevant permits, even before the ships leave. Russian ports”.

In this regard, it was stated that negotiations were carried out with the Commission of the European Union with selected port authorities such as Germany, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands.

THE RUSSIAN ADMINISTRATION HAS RESERVES

It was noted that the EU Commission answered the question on this topic that there are direct exceptions to the EU sanctions that will allow Russian ships to access EU ports when it is necessary to buy, import or transport agricultural and food products. , including wheat and fertilizers.

The report states that the Russian administration has reviewed the proposals and has not yet approved them, and has doubts about their technical feasibility, while Ukrainian government circles also viewed Guterres’ proposals as an “incredible insult” and the UN as a “reward for Russia’s aggressive behavior”. (AA)