China Lawan Berikutnya Timnas Indonesia, Wajib Menang Sekalipun Marcelino Ferdinand dan Maarten Paes bakal Absen

China menjadi lawan timnas Indonesia berikutnya setelah menang melawan Bahrain di Leg 2 Kualifikasi Piala Dunia grup C. Jadwal Indonesia vs China leg 2 di kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 yang akan digelar di Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno, pada hari Kamis, 25/03/2025. Dan pertandingan lainnya, Australia akan menghadapi Jepang, sementara Bahrain menjamu Arab Saudi.

Saat ini, Indonesia berada di peringkat keempat Grup C dengan sembilan poin dari delapan pertandingan. Dengan hanya dua laga tersisa, harapan untuk finis di posisi empat besar dan melangkah ke putaran keempat kualifikasi masih terbuka.

Timnas Indonesia akan melakoni dua laga terakhir Ronde 3 Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 di bulan Juni 2025. Skuad Garuda akan menjamu China pada Kamis, 5 Juni 2025 di Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta.

Setelah itu, Timnas Indonesia bakal melawat ke markas Jepang pada Selasa, 10 Juni 2025 di Suita Municipal Stadium, Osaka. Dua laga tersebut menjadi sangat krusial bagi skuad Garuda untuk memastikan lolos ke Ronde 4 Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 zona Asia.

Peluang Timnas Indonesia untuk lolos ke Ronde 4 di leg 2 kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 zona Asia terbuka lebar usai menaklukan Bahrain 1-0. Di laga lain, China tumbang dari Australia dengan skor 0-2, serta Jepang vs Arab Saudi berakhir imbang 0-0

Syarat lolos Ronde 4 adalah finis di peringkat 3-4 klasemen akhir Ronde 3. Saat ini, skuad Garuda sedang menempati peringkat 4 klasemen Grup C dengan raihan 9 poin. Timnas Indonesia memerlukan 4 poin lagi untuk memastikan tempat di Ronde 4 zona Asia.

Sejatinya kans Timnas Indonesia untuk lolos Piala Dunia 2026 melalui Ronde 3 masih ada yakni mengungguli Australia di posisi runner-up. Namun hal tersebut memiliki peluang sangat kecil, sebab harus bergantung dengan hasil pertandingan negara lain (Australia dan Arab Saudi).

Marselino Ferdinan dipastikan absen saat Timnas Indonesia menjamu Timnas China di matchday sembilan Grup C Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 zona Asia yang dilangsungkan di Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno (SUGBK) pada Kamis, 5 Juni 2025. Penyebab Marselino Ferdinan absen karena pesepakbola 20 tahun itu telah mengoleksi dua kartu kuning.

Marselino Ferdinan absen di laga Timnas Indonesia vs China karena akumulasi kartu. (Foto: Aldi Chandra/Okezone)

Sebelum laga Timnas Indonesia vs Bahrain digelar semalam, Marselino Ferdinan sudah mengantongi satu kartu kuning di babak ketiga Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 zona Asia. Pemain Oxford United ini menerima kartu kuning di menit 90+4 saat Timnas Indonesia tandang ke markas Bahrain di matchday ketiga Grup C, Kamis 10 Oktober 2024 malam WIB.

Absennya Marselino Ferdinan praktis sangat disayangkan. Sebab, Marselino Ferdinan telah membentuk kolaborasi apik dengan Ole Romeny di lini depan Timnas Indonesia.

Efek bermain di klub yang sama (Oxford United), chemistry antara keduanya sudah terjalin. Terbukti gol kemenangan 1-0 Timnas Indonesi atas Bahrain diciptakan Ole Romeny pada menit 24, setelah menerima assist Marselino Ferdinan.

Selain Marselino Ferdinan, Maarten Paes juga dipastikan absen saat Timnas Indonesia menjamu China dalam lanjutan Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 pada 5 Juni 2025.

Maarten Paes terkena akumulasi kartu dan harus absen di laga Indonesia vs China. (ANTARA FOTO/Muhammad Adimaja)

Kiper FC Dallas ini absen karena harus menjalani akumulasi kartu kuning. Paes diganjar kartu kuning pada menit ke-72 dalam laga Timnas Indonesia versus Bahrain, pada hari Selasa, 25/03/2025.

Wasit Gulmurodi Sadullo mengganjar Paes kartu kuning karena dianggap mengulur-ulur waktu saat akan mengambil tendangan gawang. Paes dinilai sengaja membuang waktu.

Kartu kuning ini merupakan teguran yang ketiga atas peristiwa yang sama. Sebelumnya wasit dua kali menegur Paes yang lamban saat akan memulai laga setelah bola keluar lapangan.

Sebelumnya, dalam laga melawan Arab Saudi pada 6 September 2024, Paes juga mendapat kartu kuning. Artinya selama fase ketiga Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 Paes sudah mendapat dua kartu kuning.

Sejauh ini, dalam delapan laga fase ketiga kualifikasi, Paes tak tergantikan. Ia selalu jadi pilihan utama, baik pada era kepelatihan Shin Tae Yong atau era Patrick Kluivert.

Kendati demikian absennya Paes tidak terlalu mengkhawatirkan. Saat ini ada Emil Audero Mulyadi yang belum mendapatkan debut dan berpotensi jadi pilihan saat melawan China.

Selain itu ada Ernando Ari yang kualitasnya tak kalah menjanjikan. Kiper Persebaya ini adalah penjaga gawang utama Timnas Indonesia sebelum Paes datang di Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026.

Aksi Marselino Ferdinan di laga Timnas Indonesia vs Bahrain. (Foto: Aldi Chandra/Okezone)

Klarifikasi Ridwan Kamil Soal Tuduhan Lisa Mariana

Klarifikasi isu perselingkuhan yang menyeret nama mantan Gubernur Jawa Barat, Ridwan Kamil dengan Lisa Mariana.
Sumber: Instagram/@ridwankamil

Media sosial tengah dihebohkan oleh isu perselingkuhan yang menyeret nama mantan Gubernur Jawa Barat, Ridwan Kamil. Nama politisi ini dikaitkan dengan model majalah dewasa, Lisa Mariana, setelah perempuan tersebut secara terang-terangan membagikan berbagai bukti yang diduga mengungkap hubungan mereka.

Lisa Mariana mengunggah serangkaian tangkapan layar chat pribadi, rekaman video call, hingga segepok uang yang disebut-sebut sebagai "uang tutup mulut". Ia juga mengklaim bahwa uang tersebut diberikan untuk menggugurkan kandungan pada tahun 2021. “Tidak akan takut selagi saya benar! Apalagi yang saya perjuangkan hak anak. Sama sekali tidak takut. Kalau sudah menyangkut anak, beda urusan, akan aku hadapi sampai manapun,” tulis Lisa dalam Instagram Story.

Klarifikasi Ridwan Kamil

Menanggapi tuduhan yang beredar luas, Ridwan Kamil akhirnya buka suara dan memberikan klarifikasi terkait isu tersebut.

Dalam pernyataannya, ia menegaskan bahwa tuduhan Lisa Mariana adalah fitnah yang didaur ulang dengan motif ekonomi.

"Kemarin telah beredar kabar bahwa ada pihak yang mengaku memiliki anak dari saya. Saya perlu sampaikan bahwa ini adalah tidak benar dan merupakan fitnah keji bermotif ekonomi yang didaur ulang," ujar Ridwan Kamil dalam keterangannya.

Dia menjelaskan bahwa, dirinya memang pernah bertemu dengan Lisa Mariana, namun hanya satu kali.

Selain itu, ia menegaskan bahwa permasalahan yang dikaitkan dengannya sebenarnya sudah diselesaikan empat tahun lalu dengan bukti-bukti akurat yang tak terbantahkan.

“Saya hanya bertemu yang bersangkutan satu kali. Dan permasalahan empat tahun lalu ini sudah diselesaikan melalui bukti-bukti akurat yang tidak terbantahkan. Bahwa ia sudah hamil duluan saat bertemu, dan karenanya yang bersangkutan sudah meminta maaf di hadapan keluarganya,” jelasnya.

Ridwan Kamil pun mempertanyakan motif di balik kemunculan kembali isu ini setelah bertahun-tahun berlalu.

Pihaknya sama sekali tidak memahami alasan di balik tindakan Lisa Mariana yang tiba-tiba mengungkit kembali permasalahan lama.

"Yang saya tidak pahami adalah mengapa sekarang dimunculkan lagi, atas motivasi yang saya tidak pahami. Semoga yang bersangkutan diberikan hidayah," ujarnya.

Lebih lanjut, RK mengajak masyarakat untuk tetap berpikir jernih dan tidak langsung percaya pada berita yang beredar tanpa melakukan tabayyun atau klarifikasi terlebih dahulu.

Tidak ingin isu ini semakin berkembang liar, Ridwan Kamil menambahkan bahwa dia akan mengambil langkah hukum untuk menangani fitnah ini.

Ia telah menunjuk tim hukum yang akan mengurus masalah ini dan memperlihatkan kembali bukti-bukti akurat yang membantah klaim Lisa Mariana.

"Karenanya untuk kali ini, saya akan menggunakan tim hukum, untuk mewakili saya dalam permasalahan ini, sehingga bukti-bukti akurat terkait kebohongan fitnah ini bisa diperlihatkan kembali pada waktu yang dibutuhkan," tegasnya.

Dalam pernyataannya, Ridwan Kamil juga menyampaikan permohonan maaf jika ada pihak yang merasa terganggu oleh pemberitaan ini.

Suami Atalia Praratya itu juga mengakui, sebagai manusia biasa, dirinya tak luput dari kesalahan. Namun, ia berharap agar dirinya dan keluarga dijauhkan dari fitnah dunia.

"Mohon maaf lahir batin atas dosa dan kekhilafan saya, baik yang terasa atau tidak, karena sejatinya saya hanya manusia biasa. Dan mohon doanya agar kami selalu dijauhkan dari fitnah dunia, dan semua yang membaca berita bisa tabbayun dengan jernih, apalagi ini saat bulan suci Ramadhan. Terima Kasih," tutupnya.

Ragnar Oratmangoen Senang Dapat Berpuasa dengan Timnas Indonesia

Ragnar Oratmangoen

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Winger Timnas Indonesia, Ragnar Oratmangoen, merasa senang untuk pertama kalinya bisa merasakan Ramadan di Tanah Air. Apalagi, Tim Garuda juga sukses memetik kemenangan atas Bahrain pada saat Ramadan.

Pemain berusia 27 tahun itu pun tampil cukup baik dalam pertandingan timnas Indonesia menjamu Bahrain di Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta pada laga kedelapan putaran ketiga Grup C kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026, hari Selasa, 25/03/2025 malam WIB.

Bermain selama 74 menit, Ragnar Oratmangoen mencatatkan akurasi umpan sampai 94 persen, melakukan 29 sentuhan, dan mencatatkan dua dribel sukses.

Meski tak mencetak gol ataupun assist, Ragnar turut membantu Timnas Indonesia membungkam Bahrain dengan skor 1-0. Gol tunggal Tim Garuda disarangkan Ole Romeny pada menit ke-24.

Pertandingan ini digelar di tengah bulan ramadan. Ini adalah kesempatan kedua Ragnar Oratmangoen bisa menjalani ibadah puasa ketika sedang berada di Indonesia.

Dapat berpuasa di Timnas Indonesia, Ragnar Oratmangoen merasa sangat senang.

Sumber: Tangkapan layar/Instagram @0ratmangoen

Pemain asal klub F.C.V Dender ini merasa senang bisa menjalani ibadah puasa ketika sedang berada di Indonesia. Meski kunjungannya kali ini singkat, tapi bisa bersama-sama dengan rekan satu tim sangat menyenangkan.

Ragnar Oratmangoen Aku senang dapat melaksanakan ibadah puasa tahun ini bersama dengan rekan-rekan di Timnas Indonesia.

"Saya merasa baik, senang bisa bersama-sama dengan teman-teman lain di bulan Ramadhan. Jadi lebih mudah," kata Ragnar ketika ditemui awak media di SUGBK, Selasa, dikutip dari Antara, Rabu, 26/03/2025.

Hal ini dikarenakan dirinya baru pertama kali menjalani puasa Ramadhan di Indonesia.Ibadah ini semakin istimewa dikarenakan Timnas Indonesia mampu meraih kemenangan di jeda internasional kali ini.

Pemain mualaf Timnas Indonesia, Ragnar Oratmangoen mengungkapkan rasa bahagianya bisa Pulang Kampung ke Indonesia. Terlebih Pulang di saat Bulan suci ramadhan. Hal inilah yang buatnya merasa kegirangan.

Bahkan dalam keterangannya, Ragnar Oratmangoen mengatakan ada sosok (mereka) yang selalu memberikan kehangatan untuknya.

Ragnar Oratmangoen pun mengaku sosok itu ialah para pemain Timnas Indonesia. Kehangatan bersama para pemain setengah Air buatnya tambah nyaman.

Timnas Indonesia di Laga Kontra Bahrain

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Pemain yang disapa Wak Haji ini mengaku senang kembali ke Indonesia dalam momen Ramadhan 2025, setelah ia menikmati ibadah puasa pertamanya di sini pada tahun lalu. Bersama Timnas Wak Haji telah meleqlwati Ramadhan Pertama dan Kedua di Indonesia.

Diketahui, Ramadhan pertama di Indonesia Ragnar terjadi pada Maret tahun lalu pada dua laga putaran kedua kualifikasi Piala Dunia 2026 melawan Vietnam.

"Ya saya puasa. Sangat senang. Malam ini saya makan (sahur) dengan teman-teman lagi dan besok saya puasa lagi," jelasnya.

Perlu diketahui, Ragnar yang kini jadi idola, dan pemain kesayangan Shin Tae-yong atau STY. Ia memutuskan mualaf sejak usia 15 tahun.

Menurutnya rasa cinta Islam pun tumbuh karena teman-teman sebayanya di masa kecil suka mengajak Ragnar Oratmangoen ke Masjid.

"Saya dibesarkan dari keluarga Kristiani. Saat saya dewasa akhirnya saya menemukan jalan saya untuk memeluk agama islam," kata Ragnar Oratmangoen pada media beberapa waktu lalu di Jakarta.

Berdasarkan infonya, kemarin melawan Bahrain, ia turun sebagai starter di lini depan bersama Ole Romeny yang mencetak gol tunggal, dan juga Marselino Ferdinan.

Wak Haji bermain optimal dan solid selama 74 menit di lapangan dengan mencatatkan 29 sentuhan, 16 umpan dengan akurasi 94 persen, dua kali dribble sukses, satu umpan kunci, satu umpan lambung sukses, satu kreasi peluang besar.

Pemain Mualaf Ini Kegirangan Bisa Puasa Ramadhan di Indonesia, Ragnar Oratmangoen Ungkap Ada Kehangatan.

Sumber : Antara

Over 140,000 forced from their homes as Israel pounds Gaza

At least 38 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in the past 24 hours, and one body has been recovered from the rubble, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.

The UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA, has said 142,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced since Israel resumed its war on Gaza on March.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,183 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 113,828 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of Palestinians missing under the rubble are presumed dead.

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that 11 Palestinians have been killed as a result of Israeli drone strikes on tents housing displaced people, as well as a charity food bank in the centre of the Gaza Strip.

At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.

The US continues its bombardment of Yemen, as top officials face scrutiny for sharing military plans with a journalist in a group chat on the Signal messaging app.

WATCH: What Palestinians in Gaza say about Israel’s ‘Migration Directorate’

Israel plans to establish a government agency to oversee the “voluntary departure” of Palestinians from Gaza, a move Palestinians have rejected and condemned as ethnic cleansing.

Health crisis looming at Israel’s Megiddo prison: Palestinian monitor

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) has warned a health crisis is looming at Israel’s Megiddo prison “due to extremely unsanitary conditions”, causing scabies and other skin diseases to spread.

The statement comes two days after Israeli authorities announced the death of 17-year-old detainee Walid Ahmad. Defense for Children International said Ahmad suffered from scabies and amoebic dysentery and died after collapsing and hitting his head on a railing.

“Ahmad was one of hundreds of children who continue to be detained across three central prisons, specifically Megiddo, Ofer, and Damon prisons, where all Palestinian minors face similar conditions,” the PPS said.

“The occupation’s prison system deliberately deprives prisoners, including children and women, of the basic elements that could stop the spread of diseases,” it added, calling on the World Health Organization, humanitarian groups and governments to “intervene urgently”.

Israeli attacks have rendered Jenin refugee camp uninhabitable, official says

More than 3,250 housing units in the Jenin refugee camp have become uninhabitable due to Israel’s ongoing military offensive in the northern occupied West Bank, the Jenin municipal chief has said.

“The situation in Jenin camp is entirely catastrophic,” Mohammed Jarrar told the Anadolu news agency. “Israeli forces continue to demolish, bomb, and burn Palestinian homes.”

Jarrar said Israel rejected a Palestinian appeal against plans to raze 93 additional residential buildings, containing about 300 housing units.

“We expect the demolition could happen at any moment,” he warned, adding that such a move would deepen the humanitarian crisis in the camp.

He stressed that the camp’s entire infrastructure has been obliterated, rendering it “completely unfit for living” and in dire need of reconstruction after years of repeated Israeli operations.

The latest operations are part of a wider Israeli military campaign in the north of the occupied West Bank since January, which has killed more than 70 Palestinians and displaced thousands.

Lebanon opposes normalisation with Israel, plans to displace Palestinians

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has said normalisation with Israel is rejected by all Lebanese, who also strongly oppose any plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza and the occupied West Bank, according to the National News Agency (NNA).

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam delivering a statement to the press at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut [File: Lebanese Presidency/AFP]

Speaking at the Grand Serail, Salam stressed the importance of mobilising Arab and international support for the reconstruction of Gaza, the report said. He said that a meeting with French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian focused on reconstruction efforts.

Salam also said that the international community and Arab nations had not exerted all possible pressure on Israel to halt its attacks.

French military jets collide midair - Video

Two military jets from a renowned aerobatic team have collided midair during a stunt rehearsal in France, crashing to the ground and erupting in a fireball, footage of the incident showed.

Three people – two pilots and one passenger – managed to eject before the crash and were “found conscious,” the French Air and Space Force wrote on X. The crash took place near an airbase in Saint-Dizier, eastern France, on Tuesday afternoon during a training drill involving six Alpha Jets from the Patrouille de France, the French Air Force’s precision aerobatics team.

Footage captured by bystanders showed the moment the jets, engaged in a stunt and releasing smoke trails, collided in midair. The aircraft then spiraled toward the ground as crew members were seen ejecting and deploying their parachutes. Moments later, the jets crashed to the ground and erupted in a fiery plume.

French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu confirmed the incident on X, noting that the emergency services were quickly deployed to the scene.

🇫🇷 Nouvelle vidéo de l'accident aérien de la Patrouille de France

L'agence France-Presse a publié une vidéo du crash de l'avion Alpha Jet de la Patrouille de France.

Plus tôt dans la journée, deux avions du groupe sont entrés en collision alors qu'ils effectuaient des… pic.twitter.com/pdxDwj5HqF

— Grelet J-Christophe (@JCGRELET) March 25, 2025

“Slightly injured, they were taken into care,” he wrote. “Thanks to the emergency services mobilized, thoughts for our pilots of the Patrouille de France.”

Saint-Dizier Mayor Quentin Briere said one of the jets crashed into a grain silo, causing an explosion, while the other came down on agricultural land, as cited by Le Parisien. There were no reported injuries on the ground.

Two people were transported to a nearby hospital in a condition described as a “relative emergency,” according to Le Figaro. The third person, identified as having sustained multiple injuries, is reportedly receiving treatment from the army.

Crash de deux Alpha Jet de la Patrouille de France à Saint-Dizier 💥 . pic.twitter.com/L2rVOVNT8q

— Ivs (@Ivs125034) March 25, 2025

The French authorities said it was not immediately clear what caused the collision.

The Alpha Jet is a two-seat light attack and advanced trainer aircraft, developed in the 1970s by France’s Dassault Aviation and Germany’s Dornier. It is primarily used for pilot training and aerobatic displays.

France has been using the light Alpha twin-engined aircraft to train Ukrainian pilots after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In August 2024, two French pilots died after their Rafale jets collided in mid-air in eastern France, in a rare accident involving the cutting-edge military aircraft.

The terrifying moment was posted on social media, showing the aircraft tumbling from the sky during a training drill involving seven Alpha jets.

The collision occurred around 3.40pm near Air Base 113 as the aircraft were rehearsing for a Patrouille de France airshow.

Footage shows five of the planes trailing red, white and blue smoke soaring through the sky and then two jets trailing behind appear to touch each other before tumbling down together.

At least three people were involved in the collision, including a pilot who has been taken to hospital while officials have confirmed both jets were destroyed in the crash.

Russia and US agree list of energy facilities for truce with Ukraine – Kremlin

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The Kremlin has released a comprehensive list of energy facilities subject to a temporary US-brokered truce between Russia and Ukraine. The pause in long-range strikes against such targets took effect on March 18 and will last for 30 days, according to Moscow.

The types of facilities covered under the truce include oil and gas processing and storage facilities, including pumping stations and pipelines, electricity producing and distribution sites, nuclear power plants, and the dams of hydroelectric plants.

The truce may be prolonged beyond the 30-day period should both sides agree, Moscow noted. If either party violates the deal, the other can consider itself free from its obligations, it added.

The suspension of strikes was originally proposed by Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a phone call last week. The Russian leader agreed to it and immediately ordering the country’s military to halt attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities. The Russian military later said it had to shoot down seven kamikaze drones that were already en route to targets in Ukraine in order to implement the order.

Zelensky publicly backed the idea of the truce shortly after it was first announced. However, Moscow accused Kiev of violating the ceasefire almost immediately, claiming that multiple energy facilities in Russia had been targeted by Ukrainian drones over the past week.

On Monday, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) condemned a Ukrainian attack on the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station, a vital energy site in Russia’s Krasnodar Region. CPC operates a major pipeline system carrying crude oil from the oil fields in Kazakhstan and Russia’s Caspian region to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and on global markets. The project is jointly owned by several stakeholders from Russia, as well as such US oil giants as Chevron and ExxonMobil.

“The actions of the Ukrainian authorities have a destructive impact on CPC’s financial results and, as a consequence, on all of its shareholders, including the Republic of Kazakhstan and companies from the United States,” the consortium said in a statement.

Russia and US agree to key maritime initiative – Kremlin

Russia and the US have committed to advancing the Black Sea Initiative as a step towards settling the Ukraine conflict, according to a statement released by the Kremlin on Tuesday.

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The agreement follows the 12-hour talks focused on the Ukraine conflict held on Monday in Saudi Arabia by expert groups from the two countries.

The sides discussed steps to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea, including a pledge to avoid the use of force and prevent commercial vessels from being used for military purposes, while agreeing on control measures such as ship inspections.

The US has vowed to “help restore access for Russian agricultural and fertilizer exports to the world market, reduce the cost of insurance for maritime transportation, and enhance access to ports and payment systems for such transactions,” according to the Kremlin statement.

The agreement envisions lifting restrictions on Russian Agricultural Bank and other financial institutions involved in international trade of food and fertilizers, including reconnecting them to the SWIFT payment system. It also includes removing sanctions on Russian-flagged vessels, port services, and the supply of agricultural machinery and related goods to Russia.

According to the statement, Moscow and Washington have also agreed to develop measures to enforce the 30-day ban on strikes against energy infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine that was agreed last week. There would be an option to extend the arrangement or abandon it if either side fails to comply.

The two sides also welcomed the involvement of third countries in supporting agreements on energy and maritime matters.

The US and Russia “will continue efforts to achieve a lasting and sustainable peace,” the statement concludes.

Originally brokered in July 2022 by the UN and Türkiye, the Black Sea Grain Initiative aimed to ensure the safe passage of Ukrainian agricultural exports in return for the easing of Western restrictions on Russia’s grain and fertilizer trade. Moscow did not renew the deal in 2023, citing the West’s failure to uphold its commitments.