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G7: They are looking for a way out of grain exports from Ukraine

The Ministers of Agriculture G7 and their Ukrainian counterpart sought solutions on Friday to address food insecurity and the fact that, according to Kyiv, “the whole world is paying the price.” Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“We discussed how we can help save most of the crop,” with exports that could be made by land, by rail or by the Danubeexplained the Minister of Agriculture of Germany Cem Ezdemir in a press conference he gave with the Minister of Ukraine Mykola Solski in Stuttgart.

Russian invasion and blockade of Ukrainian ports has led to drastic cuts in exports of this large agricultural country.

«It’s Vladimir Putin’s strategy to use hunger as a weapon, in Ukraine and beyond“, Added Ezdemir.

«Ukrainians have already experienced it in the past, in the Soviet Union (…) during the Holodomor“, He added, referring to the great famine in Ukraine in 1932-33, which resulted in the death of millions of people.

Some of its countries Africa are heavily dependent on Ukrainian exports, according to AFP. Before the war Ukraine was the fourth in exporting quantities corn in the world and was expected to become the third largest exporter of wheat.

About 20 million tons food should be exported from the country’s silos within the next three months, before the next harvest, Solski explained at this G7 thematic meeting. “We are facing a difficult situation,” he said, noting that food insecurity and rising food prices are a consequence of a war that is affecting “the whole world”.

Ezdemir characterized “Hate” grain theft from Ukraine, something Russian forces are accused ofrebroadcasts the APE BPE.

It is noted, finally, that the European Commission has presented a plan which it hopes will help Ukraine export its products.

Source: News Beast

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