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It became known that Russian and Ukrainian representatives met last week in the United Arab Emirates to discuss the possibility of a prisoner-of-war exchange that would involve the resumption of exports of Russian ammonia, which goes to Asia and Africa through the Ukrainian pipeline, sources familiar with the meeting said. .
The sources said the talks were brokered by the Gulf state and did not include the United Nations, despite the UN's central role in negotiations on the ongoing initiative to export agricultural products from Ukraine's three Black Sea ports. Ammonia is used to make fertilizers.
However, the talks are aimed at removing the remaining hurdles in last week's initiative and easing global food shortages by unblocking Ukrainian and Russian exports, they added.
On November 17, Russian and Ukrainian representatives traveled to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, where they discussed allowing Russia to resume ammonia exports in exchange for a prisoner exchange that would release a large number of Ukrainian and Russian prisoners, the sources said.
The sources said the talks were brokered by the Gulf state and did not include the United Nations, despite the UN's central role in negotiations on the ongoing initiative to export agricultural products from Ukraine's three Black Sea ports. Ammonia is used to make fertilizers.
However, the talks are aimed at removing the remaining hurdles in last week's initiative and easing global food shortages by unblocking Ukrainian and Russian exports, they added.
On November 17, Russian and Ukrainian representatives traveled to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, where they discussed allowing Russia to resume ammonia exports in exchange for a prisoner exchange that would release a large number of Ukrainian and Russian prisoners, the sources said.