ISTANBUL, May 12 (Reuters) - Parties to the Black Sea
grain deal are approaching an agreement on extending it after
two days of talks in Istanbul between Ukrainian, Russian,
Turkish and UN officials, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar
said.
Russia has said that the deal would expire unless Moscow
secured guarantees that its demands would be met by the deadline
of May 18. Akar's comment was released by his ministry in a
statement on Friday.
(Reporting by Mert Ozkan;
Writing by Daren Butler;
Editing by Jonathan Spicer)
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