Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Limit the destinations of ships exporting Ukrainian grain, because the “poorest countries” do not have access to it.
“With the exception of Turkey as a mediator, almost all of the grain leaving Ukraine goes to Europe, not the poorest countries. Only 2 out of 87 ships go to developing countries. 60,000 tons 2 million” stressed during the parliamentary session of the VII Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
“It’s good to think about. how to limit destinations From the export of grain and other foods this way. “I will definitely discuss this issue with Turkish President Erdogan,” Putin said.
President of Russia, in the same way many European countries in previous decades and centuries, “They behaved like colonialists and now they continue to behave the same way”.
“They have once again deceived the developing countries and they continue to deceive them,” he said.
“With this approach, the scale of global food problems can be scaled down,” Putin said. will only increaseUnfortunately”.
This could cause an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” he warned.
“The increase in food prices in global markets”a real tragedy for the poorest countriesfacing a shortage of food, energy resources and other essential commodities”.
“If in 2019, according to the UN, 135 million people were starving in the world, now this number (…) reaches 145 million. This is terrible. Their purchase by developed countries causes a sharp increase in prices,” he said.
On July 22, two separate documents were signed in Istanbul (Turkey): one on Ukraine’s grain exports and the other on the export of Russian agricultural products and fertilizers.
Agreements, one with Ukraine and the other with Russia, were signed under the mediation of Turkey and the United Nations, and a corridor was created in the Black Sea that would allow food exports.
Russia recently condemned the incomplete adherence to this agreementBarriers to Russia’s grain, food and fertilizer exports remain.