The UN Secretary General called a real threat of famine in a number of regions of the world this year

“Despite the Black Sea grain initiative and the agreement on the access of Russian food and fertilizers to global markets, the risk of famine in various (regions. -

) is real,” TASS quoted him as saying during a press conference.

Guterres noted that world hunger began to emerge before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Assistant to the President of Russia for Economic Affairs Maxim Oreshkin previously told RT that the crises observed in the food and fuel markets were the result of mistakes by the United States and Europe.

In particular, the "sanctions madness of the West" in recent months has led to this.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that the country remains a responsible participant in the global food market, and the attempts of the West to write off problems in this area as a special military operation are absolutely groundless.

The Foreign Ministry recalled that the jump in prices for agricultural products occurred back in 2020 and "is by no means the result of a special military operation."