Samantha Power, head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), said her country’s authorities are trying to prevent Ukrainian grain from being replaced by Russian grain on world markets. She made the relevant statement in a published interview. Web site Foreign Policy magazine.
He said that Russia, which has demonstrated a very good harvest performance in recent months and throughout 2022, is trying to “fill the gap” in the market by “profiting” from its exit from the grain agreement.
According to Power, the Russian Federation is “trying to prevent Ukraine from bringing its grain to market and trying to become the most preferred supplier over Ukraine and Ukrainian farmers in the long run.” He said the United States was “trying to prevent this from happening.”
The Russian Federation’s planned free grain supply to some African countries allegedly “risks market destabilization,” according to the head of USAID.
The USAID chief also said that following the expiration of the grain agreement, Washington was taking initiatives to secure grain supplies from Ukraine through “alternative routes.” He said that since July of this year, the United States and its allies “have managed to increase the flow of food through these alternative routes by 800%.” As Power explains, we’re talking about deliveries via rivers, roads and railways.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in August statedHe said that Russia is ready to exchange Ukrainian grain to countries in need, both commercially and free of charge.
Kuleba, formerly head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in the name They will not allow Russia to “play the hunger games.”