Talks on Ukrainian grain being held 'quite dynamically' in video format - Russian deputy FM

MOSCOW. July 21 (Interfax) - Negotiations on settling the situation surrounding exports of Ukrainian grain are continuing in a video format, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said.

"The negotiations are continuing in a video format," Rudenko told journalists.

The negotiations are moving ahead "quite dynamically, and the parties are participating in them constructively," he said.

"Therefore, we hope we'll be able to reach a consensus in the near future," he said.

Simultaneously with the talks on Ukrainian grain, Russia is also in negotiations concerning its own grain with the United Nations, he said.