Russia 'blackmails' world with food crisis to lift sanctions - Ukraine, EU, US
Western officials have accused Russia of weaponizing the food crisis to push other states to end their sanctions.
By MICHAEL STARR
Published: MAY 26, 2022
Russia is "blackmailing" the world over the looming world food crisis and "using food as a weapon" in order to have world powers lift their economic sanctions against Russia, officials representing Ukraine, the United States, and the European Union have asserted.
Food for sanctions relief
Russian officials have recently promised to ensure the passage of vital Ukrainian food exports through the Black Sea in exchange for the end of sanctions against it. "We call on our friends, the African Union, to persistently demand that the West lift illegal unilateral sanctions that undermine the transport and logistics infrastructure necessary for world trade,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at an Africa Day reception, according to Interfax.
Lavrov noted that African countries were more vulnerable in terms of food security. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko echoed his senior's sentiments, Russian state media outlet TASS reported.
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Western officials have accused Russia of weaponizing the food crisis to push other states to end their sanctions.
By MICHAEL STARR
Published: MAY 26, 2022
Russia is "blackmailing" the world over the looming world food crisis and "using food as a weapon" in order to have world powers lift their economic sanctions against Russia, officials representing Ukraine, the United States, and the European Union have asserted.
Food for sanctions relief
Russian officials have recently promised to ensure the passage of vital Ukrainian food exports through the Black Sea in exchange for the end of sanctions against it. "We call on our friends, the African Union, to persistently demand that the West lift illegal unilateral sanctions that undermine the transport and logistics infrastructure necessary for world trade,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at an Africa Day reception, according to Interfax.
Lavrov noted that African countries were more vulnerable in terms of food security. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko echoed his senior's sentiments, Russian state media outlet TASS reported.
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