China’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Zhang Jun, said at the World Organization’s Security Council meeting that China urged the UN Secretariat to make practical efforts to remove barriers to food and fertilizer exports from Russia. It has been reported DEA News.
“China welcomes the continued implementation of the (Black Sea grain – ed.) initiative and calls on the UN Secretariat to make practical efforts to remove barriers to Russian food and fertilizer exports,” the diplomat said.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, former US Ambassador to the United Nations statedThe United States calls on Russia to intensify cooperation within the framework of agreements on Ukrainian food exports.
He argues that the efforts made under the grain deal “are not sufficient to meet the world’s demand for grain supplied by the Black Sea”.