The Russian Federation plans to supply 25 thousand tons of grain to Somalia by the end of this year. Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Anna Evstigneeva stated this at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. RIA News.
He noted that the Russian Federation provides “free food aid on a bilateral basis” to the African country.
“On November 30, a shipment of 25 thousand tons of wheat arrived from our country to Mogadishu. “We have planned another supply of the same amount of grain to Somalis until the end of 2023,” said Evstigneeva.
Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN added that Russia hopes that this assistance will reduce the negative impact of floods in Somalia.
On November 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the country sent The first ships to carry free Russian grain to Africa.
Turkey is waiting for answers to questions regarding the project to process grain from Russia and deliver it to African countries in need. will be decided by the end of 2023
Previously head of the German Foreign Ministry wrongly saidUkraine calls its grain “cocaine.”