Ukraine and Pakistan call for restoration of Black Sea grain deal

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, right, with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, at the foreign ministry in Islamabad (Pakistan Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP/PA)

The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Pakistan have called for the restoration of the Black Sea grain initiative to ensure global food security, days after Russia halted the wartime deal that had allowed grain to flow from Ukraine.

The two sides made the demand at a news conference after Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari after arriving on his first visit to the Islamic nation.