Deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry discussed with the UN Deputy Secretary General the supply of food to world markets

This is stated in the message of the press service of the permanent mission of Russia to the UN. 

“The theme of the global food crisis and the way out of it was touched upon separately, with an emphasis on the so-called “Black Sea Initiative” of UN Secretary General António Guterres, and ensuring unhindered supplies of Russian food, fertilizers and raw materials for their production to the world market,” the statement says. .

Earlier, UN Secretary General António Guterres said that world hunger could be avoided only if food products from Ukraine and Russia, as well as Russian fertilizers, returned to world markets.

World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said rising food prices threaten disaster for low-income countries.