Russian official: Solving the world food crisis requires lifting economic sanctions imposed on Moscow

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko stressed that solving the food crisis in the world requires the lifting of economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and the European Union, which impede the conduct of free trade.

Commenting on the call of the head of the United Nations World Food Program, David Beasley, for Moscow to open seaports in Ukraine, Rudenko told reporters today: “It is necessary here not only to appeal to Russia, but also to pay attention to the whole range of causes that led to the current food crisis, including above all the sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union on Russia, which impedes the normal free trade of food products, including wheat, fertilizers, etc.

Rudenko explained that this issue raised by Beasley needs to be considered comprehensively and bilaterally.

Western countries, led by the United States, have imposed several packages of sanctions on Russia against the backdrop of Moscow’s special military operation to protect Donbass, which has negatively affected the economies of these countries and the global situation, especially in the areas of energy and food security, as Russia is one of the largest producers of energy and grain sources, which has caused many damages to countries of the world.

NR