This was reported on the website of the State Department.
It is noted that the subject for discussion was "issues of importance for bilateral relations, especially the need to counter instability in the situation with food security in the world."
Le Drian and Blinken also discussed efforts to rebuild the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran's nuclear program.
Earlier, British diplomat Alastair Crook, in an interview with the host of the Going Underground program on RT, Afshin Rattanzi, spoke about the impact of sanctions against Russia on the global food market.
UN Secretary General António Guterres at a meeting of the UN Security Council announced the need to return to the world markets of products and fertilizers from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Chinese Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dai Bing said during a meeting of the UN Security Council that Western sanctions will not bring peace to Ukraine, but will only provoke a global crisis in the food, energy and financial sectors.