A delegation from Yemen will visit India next week with the aim of securing grain for the war-torn country, whose strategic food reserves are running low.
Mohammed al-Aswal, the trade and industry minister of Yemen’s Saudi-backed government, said the delegation would try to finalize an agreement with India to import grain.
Yemen’s existing food stocks last until the end of August, he added.
Indian authorities banned grain exports in May as production fell and domestic prices rose. It has since issued exemptions for some countries.
“Significant progress is being made in implementing the agreement with the Indian government on lifting the ban on exports to Yemen,” al-Aswal noted.
At present, it is not clear how much grain Yemen is asking for, nor when it might be delivered, if an agreement is reached.
The freeze on exports from Ukraine and Russia, following the Russian invasion, and the ban on exports from India risk worsening Yemen’s food crisis and increasing food inflation, which in some parts of the country has doubled in two years years.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed in Yemen’s seven-year war, while millions live in conditions close to starvation.
The economy and basic services have virtually collapsed and humanitarian aid has begun to dry up, with some aid organizations reducing or suspending the food, medicine and other necessities they provide.
SOURCE: APE-ME
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