December 9, 2024 7:10 PM

Russian exporters won’t stop supplying wheat to Syria unilaterally

Russian grain exporters do not plan to unilaterally stop supplying wheat to Syria amid political turmoil there, Eduard Zernin, head of the Russian Grain Producers and Exporters Union, said on Monday Russia is a major supplier of wheat to Syria, where rebels seized capital Damascus, ending the rule of Bashar al-Assad and ousting him as president. Assad fled to Moscow after a lightning rebel offensive. "Russian grain exporters do not plan to unilaterally terminate their obligations under conclud...