US-Russian Security Council’s verbal tensions over global food crisis

According to Fars News Agency International Group, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in a statement accused Russia of using food as a weapon and taking hostage the grains of millions of people around the world in order to bring Ukraine to its knees.

According to the Associated Press, he claimed at a meeting of the Security Council at the request of Washington: “The war of trade and maritime transport in a large area of ​​the Black Sea has stopped and made navigation in the region unsafe, Ukraine’s agricultural exports blocked.” Has eroded and endangered the world’s food supply chain.

“This happened at a time when world hunger was already exacerbated by climate change and Covid-19 disease, and now it is getting worse,” he said, who chaired the meeting.

The US Secretary of State, whose country has imposed severe sanctions on Russia’s transport fleet, has claimed that since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country has tried to control access to the Black Sea and the Sea of ​​Azov and block Ukrainian ports. Considers a deliberate attempt to prevent maritime transit and transportation.

“As a result of the Russian government’s actions, some 20 million tonnes of grain have been left unused in Ukrainian silos, reducing global food supply and soaring prices, leaving more people around the world with food insecurity,” Blinken said. They will be.”

“In response to Blinken’s claims at the summit, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzyam, reiterated the claims of the United States and the West that we want to starve everyone and that only you and Ukraine care about saving the world. Rejected and read it completely incorrectly.

Earlier, Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, had reacted to Western claims about Russia’s global operations and global food security by saying that foolish moves by Western macroeconomics had undermined global food security. Russian special military operation has begun in Ukraine.

“The food crisis escalated after a wave of unilateral and illegal sanctions against Russia, which undermined the credibility of Western governments for their unpredictability, as well as shattered supply chains and cut off international financial flows,” he said.

The Russian diplomat went on to say that Western statements that the ban did not include the supply of food and fertilizers were deceptive, because sanctions in the areas of finance and transportation directly affect the state of global food markets. .

Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24 at the request of the Republics of Luhansk and Donetsk in the Donbas region of Ukraine to defend itself against Kiev attacks, with the aim of disarming and de-Naziizing the country.

While the conflict in Ukraine continues, Western countries, especially the United States and the United States, are fueling sanctions by supplying heavy weapons and tightening sanctions against Russia. The United States and Britain are leading the way in provoking Ukraine to continue its war with Russia.

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