G20 foreign ministers concerned about impact of conflicts on food security
As Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin stressed on August 26, the West is trying to accuse Moscow of provoking a global food crisis, while being well aware that “the current situation is a direct consequence” of its own actions
G20 Foreign Ministers are concerned about the impact of conflicts on global food security. This is according to the chair’s summary and outcome document published on Thursday following the meeting in New Delhi.
“We are deeply concerned by the challenges to global food security exacerbated by current conflicts and tensions. Promoting the availability, accessibility, affordability, sustainability, equity and transparent flow of food and agricultural products including fertilizers in all corners of the globe, to fight hunger and malnutrition, is the need of the hour. <…>We reiterate our support for open, transparent, inclusive, predictable, and non-discriminatory agricultural trade based on WTO rules,” the statement says.
As Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin stressed on August 26, the West is trying to accuse Moscow of provoking a global food crisis, while being well aware that “the current situation is a direct consequence” of its own actions.
Illegitimate anti-Russian sanctions exacerbated negative global trends: international financial, logistics companies, banks stopped lending, insuring and servicing transactions for the sale of products and fertilizers from Russia, port terminals abroad were blocked, the Russian Prime Minister specified.
