Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio this Saturday (4) argued for the need to end the “world war on bread”, referring to grain blocked by Russia in Ukrainian ports.
The Italian foreign minister said, “The world war for bread is already going on and we have to stop it. We are at risk of political instability in Africa, the spread of terrorist organizations, coups: This may lead to the grain crisis we are experiencing.” minister..
According to Di Maio, Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to negotiate, “it should come to the table, reach a peace agreement as soon as possible”, which includes “a ceasefire agreement for us” as well as the wheat agreement. “To evacuate women, civilians and children who spent 100 days under Russian bombings in eastern Ukraine.”
The Italian minister also stated that it should not be forgotten that “there are 30 million tons of wheat blocked by Russian warships in Ukrainian ports”.
“What we are doing is working to prevent Russia from exporting wheat from Ukrainian ports because we are now at risk of new wars in Africa,” he said.
Di Maio recalled that next Tuesday, the first dialogue session on food security will be held, which Germany, Turkey, France and other partners must rely on “to achieve the goal of unlocking the quantities of wheat that must leave Ukraine at a historic moment”. Families cannot sustain increases in energy, industry, grain and therefore bread prices all over the world”.
source: Noticias
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