Russia: We are not looking for the lifting of sanctions

According to the International Economic Group of Fars News Agency, citing Rashatoudi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow has no request to lift the sanctions, but at the same time, he asked the Western countries to solve the problems they have caused in the global market of food and agricultural products. to solve

He said: We are not asking for the cancellation of sanctions, they are problems that should be considered separately. We are simply developing our economy with the help of reliable partners and not relying on those who have once again shown themselves to be incompetent.

In the issue of food and agricultural products, our western partners must remove the obstacles they have created.

During the meeting with Sameh Shukri, his Egyptian counterpart, he said that if the issue of opening the export of Russian agricultural products was not resolved, we would not have reached an agreement on the possibility of opening the export of Ukrainian grains on Friday. Moscow is already counting on the United Nations to fulfill its obligations and help remove existing restrictions on Russian agricultural exports.

Lavrov said: These illegitimate restrictions that have been applied prevent cooperation in the export of Russian agricultural products, including cargo insurance, the entry of ships into foreign ports, and the entry of foreign countries into Russian ports.

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