The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the World Food Program had received the first batch of 200,000 tons of Russian mineral fertilizers from businesses under EU sanctions from Riga to Kenya. A message about this was published on the website of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. DEA News.
According to the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, several shipments of mineral fertilizers under sanctions will be exported from the country in the near future.
6 April Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Vershinin declarationTwo new batches of Russian fertilizer blocked in European ports are being prepared and will soon be sent to countries in need. It was planned to send 262 thousand tons of Russian manure, which was arrested in the ports of Estonia, Latvia, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Before that, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas declarationThat EU sanctions do not prevent grain and fertilizer exports from Russia.