Russia last month quit the July 2022 deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey aimed at easing a global food crisis after Russia's invasion of Ukraine five months earlier.
PRICING PRESSURESBlinken told reporters that Russia's exports of food have exceeded levels prior to its invasion of Ukraine.
The United Nations has argued that the Black Sea deal helped everyone because it brought prices down 23% from a record high in the weeks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
After Moscow quit the deal, it began targeting Ukrainian ports and grain infrastructure on the Black Sea and Danube River, sending global grain prices soaring.
Moscow has said it may resurrect the Black Sea agreement if its demands to improve its own exports of grain and fertilizer are met.
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