“Statistics show very clearly that the grain that is locked in ports in Ukraine is less than 1% of world production, so it does not have a real impact on food security.
All that is required is for the West to stop artificially blocking our deliveries to those countries that have contracted our grain,” Lavrov said.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, said that attempts to accuse Moscow of allegedly creating difficulties with the supply of agricultural products to world markets are unfounded.
Prior to that, in a conversation with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, the Russian leader noted that Russia is ready to help overcome the food crisis through the export of grain and fertilizers, but for this it is necessary to remove politically motivated restrictions imposed by Western countries.