Ministers of 40 countries will try to find at the conference in Berlin on Friday.solutions» Practical solutions to the food crisis caused by the war in Ukraine
A sharp rise in food prices
titled “Unite for global food security“This conference, in which US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken participates, is being held before the G7 leaders’ summit to be held in Bavaria from Sunday. The conference is scheduled for Friday afternoonpropose solutions“What is the acceleration of the export of food from Ukraine to the Black Sea through alternative routes”, explained the head of German diplomacy Annalena Baerbock to the press before the opening of the discussions. The exchanges will also focus on increasing aid to the most affected countries, although the event is not billed as a donor conference. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including its blockade of Black Sea ports, is driving up food prices and fueling global inflation. Moscow uses hungerintentionally as a weapon of war” and takes “the whole world hostage“, Annalena Baerbock denounced, alerting about the real thing”tsunamiabout the famine that threatens to hit some countries.
Russia, in turn, denies that it has blocked the passage of cargo ships and accuses Western sanctions of contributing to the food crisis. «Russia exported about the same amount of wheat as last year, so the Russian narrative that the G7 sanctions are the reason for the increase in global food prices is completely unfounded.Analena Baerbock answered on Friday. According to the Minister of Environmental Protection, Russia can “let the grain go out through Odessa, or just stop this war, but we are wracking our brains for alternative ways.“, he added. These alternative routes may pass through Poland, but “we have an issue with changing rails (rail, editor’s note) that is taking longerAnalena Baerbock explained. «This is the reason why we mainly chose the route through Romania, because there we can activate river navigation.“, he continued. Turkey, for its part, is trying to allow the resumption of grain supplies through the Black Sea. Quadrilateral negotiations on grain between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations can be held in Turkey.in the coming weeks– reports the Ministry of Defense of Turkey.
Source: Le Figaro
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