“In my opinion, the French Queen Marie Antoinette is credited with the fact that, looking out of the window of her palace at a crowd of hungry striking citizens, she once said indifferently: “Well, if they don’t have bread, let them eat cakes,” he said.
According to Putin, a number of Western countries today, destabilizing global agricultural production, are approaching issues of this kind with the same cynicism - they include restrictions on the supply of Russian and Belarusian fertilizers.
Earlier, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concern that the rise in prices for fertilizers due to the situation in Ukraine threatens with a shortage of all major food crops.
The WTO reported the risks of aggravating the crisis due to export restrictions.
The head of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, Rebeca Greenspan, said that negotiations with the parties to ensure food exports from Russia and Ukraine are being constructive.