Grain deal implementation should de facto be starting now - Kremlin

MOSCOW. July 27 (Interfax) - The implementation of the four-sided grain deal concluded recently in Istanbul should be de facto starting now, and this would be a good opportunity for the Russian and Turkish presidents to exchange opinions on how the process complies with the agreements while they meet in Sochi on August 5, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

"Its implementation should be starting de facto right now, and the process will go on. This would certainly be a good opportunity for exchanging opinions in Sochi on how this complies with the agreements that have been reached," Peskov told journalists on Wednesday.