GENEVA—A Russian delegation at talks with senior U.N. officials said Monday that Moscow is ready to accept an extension to a grain export deal that has helped bring down global food prices amid the war in Ukraine—but only for 60 days as the Kremlin holds out for changes to how the arrangement is working.
The United Nations said it “notes” the Russian announcement and reaffirmed its support for the agreement struck in July as “part of the global response to the most severe cost-of-living crisis in a generation.”
The U.N. and Turkey brokered the deal between the warring countries that allows Ukraine—one of the world’s key breadbaskets—to ship food and fertilizer from three of its Black Sea ports….