Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday rejected allegations that Moscow responsible for looming global Food crisis brought on of conflict in Ukraine.
Ukraine, a major exporter of Cereals, especially maize and wheat, have seen their production hampered by Moscow military offensiveresulting in a sudden increase in Prices and concerns of Food shortages that will particularly affect the poorest countries.
We did not set any restrictions on export of Fertilizer, no on export of Food products,” Putin said while welcoming Indonesian leader Joko Widodo, whose country holds the G20 presidency, at the Kremlin.
Moscow ‘does not impede exports of “Ukrainian wheat,” Putin said, adding that Russia “in continuous contact” with United Nations agency in Cost of The issue.
put it in instead Blame it on Western sanctions on Russia. He said that by targeting their owners of Fertilizer companies and Western sanctions ‘created the conditions that made Much more challenging” to introduce certain products internationally.
Moscow says would allow download ukrainian ships with Food products to leave if Ukrainian military mine cleared its ports, and option Rejected by Kyiv who is afraid for The safety of On the Black Sea coast.
For its part, Russia is another grain-producing power that cannot sell its crops and fertilizers of Western sanctions affecting financial and logistics sectors.
Kremlin announced This week it “responded positively” to the call for the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, in November, indicating that Putin will attend in person.
However, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said, after the G-7 summit where Widodo was invited, that Indonesia had ruled out Putin’s attendance, a statement rejected by the Kremlin.
The terms of Russian participation will be determined after “analysis of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
western countriesled by, they press on Indonesia excludes Russia from the meeting in which Ukraine participated also They were invited as a guest country.
Widodo visited Ukraine on Wednesday.
