Double meeting today for the G7 team: in Schleswig-Holstein for the foreign ministers, in Stuttgart for the Georgian foreign ministers. Ukraine and food security in focus.
In the shadow of the war in Ukraine the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the G7 group (Germany, France, United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Italy and Japan) could not be different. The issue that overshadowed the agenda in Weissenhaus in the state of Schleswig-Holstein was the further support of Ukraine in the presence of the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba but also the avoidance of a global food crisis.
From the beginning of the summit the message of full support of Ukraine was clear. European Union (EU) Foreign Minister Josep Borrell has announced a € 500m increase in financial aid to Kyiv already for heavy arms purchases, with British Foreign Secretary Liz Tras talking about the need for additional military support.
A strong message of unity until the “victory of Ukraine” was also sent by the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. The German Foreign Ministry, which chairs the G7, stressed that the resolution of the food issue, which seems to be emerging while 25 million tons of grain are blocked in Ukraine, is of paramount importance.
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In the face of a possible global food crisis, the G7 Agriculture Ministers from Stuttgart also focused on one: the search for alternative ways of exporting millions of tonnes of grain either by land, Danube or transit zones. In fact, if the blockade of Ukrainian grain exports continues, another 40 from the next harvest may be added to the 25 million tonnes of grain, according to the G7 team.
The German Agriculture Minister from the Greens stressed at the meeting that “the world market needs Ukraine’s grains but also Ukraine silos for the harvest”, referring essentially to an “economic war”, among others, of Russia which aims to “put Ukraine out of the battlefield financially” but also to “appropriate the property” and the crops of Ukrainian farmers. For his part, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Nikolai Solsky said that “all people around the world are paying for this war,” emphasizing in particular the need to secure Ukrainian ports, which are critical hubs in the food chain.
Finally, this afternoon, after a long time, German Chancellor Olaf Soltz had a 75-minute phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling on him once again to a ceasefire and to avoid a food crisis. He finally called on him to withdraw the allegations of “Nazi” in the Ukrainian government.
Dimitra Kyranoudi, Berlin
Source: Deutsche Welle
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