Ambassador Kelin called the problem of the food crisis due to Ukraine exaggerated

“This problem is extremely greatly exaggerated,” TASS quoted him as saying.

According to him, Ukraine produces about 1% of the wheat grown in the world, and exports about 8%.

“We, for example, export twice as much as Ukraine,” the ambassador said.

He also said that Russia does not prevent Ukraine from exporting wheat through the port of Odessa.

Earlier, Deputy Spokesperson of the UN Secretary General Farhan Haq called positive the talks held in Istanbul on the export of Ukrainian and Russian grain.