The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on the international community, primarily the countries of Africa and Asia, not to allow Moscow to use food as a weapon.

Russia does not stop trying to undermine the Black Sea Grain Initiative and deliberately spreads misinformation.

This was stated by the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oleg Nikolenko.

He recalled dictator Putin's statement that within the framework of the “grain corridor” only 45% of grain was delivered to European countries and only 3% to Africa. Nikolenko stressed that these statistics are not true.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, since August 1, 2022, Ukraine has exported 25.1 million tons of agricultural products through the grain corridor to 45 countries of the world:

In addition, part of the Ukrainian grain purchased by the “well-fed countries” of Europe is sent as humanitarian re-export to Africa and Asia. Therefore, the real statistics of exports to the African continent is even higher than 11.6%.

“The Black Sea Grain Initiative has proven its effectiveness. World food prices have stabilized. The Grain Corridor saves millions of people in the world from malnutrition and hunger,” the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

Nikolenko called on the international community, primarily the countries of Africa and Asia, not to allow Moscow to use food as a weapon.

“Ukraine will continue to faithfully adhere to its obligations as one of the guarantors of global food security. We are also grateful to the UN and Turkey, as well as other partners for their efforts in the context of extending the “grain agreement” for 120 days,” he summed up.

Recall that on March 18, the “grain agreement” was extended for another 120 days. In turn, the scandalous representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, claims that the grain agreement was extended for only 60 days, not 120.

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