Russian fertilizers and agricultural products must be able to access world markets “unhindered”, in the face of the risk of a global food crisis as early as next year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said today from Istanbul.
The UN secretary-general announced that governments and the private sector should work together to bring Russian food and fertilizer, as well as Ukrainian grain, to world markets under the deal reached last month.
“It is important that governments and the private sector work together to bring them to the market,” said Guterres of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC), which is tasked with overseeing the implementation of the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports, which was signed in July from Kyiv and Moscow under the auspices of the UN and Turkey.
This agreement also guarantees that Russia can export its agricultural products and fertilizers despite Western sanctions.
“What we see here in Istanbul and Odessa (the transport of Ukrainian grain, s.s.) is only the most visible side of the solution. The other side of this comprehensive agreement is unhindered access to world markets for Russian food and fertilizers, which are not subject to sanctions,” Guterres said, stressing that despite this, exports of Russian fertilizers and agricultural products still face “obstacles “.
“Without fertilizer in 2022, there may not be enough food in 2023. Exporting more food and fertilizer from Ukraine and Russia is very important to further calm commodity markets and lower prices for consumers.”
Source: News Beast
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