Kremlin plays down significance of second vessel passing via Ukraine's Black Sea corridor

The passage of a second ship from Ukraine along a temporary Black Sea corridor has nothing to do with the prospects for a new grain deal involving Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

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MOSCOW, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The passage of a second ship from Ukraine along a temporary Black Sea corridor has nothing to do with the prospects for a new grain deal involving Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

Kyiv said on Sunday a vessel carrying steel products to Africa had left Ukraine's port of Odesa through a temporary Black Sea corridor, the second ship to do so since Russia withdrew last month from a U.N.-brokered deal that allowed for grain to be safely exported.

Peskov told a briefing that the prospects of reviving the grain deal would depend on whether the West delivered on promises it gave to Moscow regarding Russia's own grain and fertilizer exports.

(Reporting by Reuters, Editing by Gareth Jones)

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