Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin noted that “the lack of supplies from Ukraine was compensated by other suppliers, but the humanitarian corridors opened by Russia from Ukrainian ports were not used, although negotiations on this matter are ongoing.”

“Difficulties in ensuring food security have become part of the macroeconomic crisis that has been developing for years,” Vershinin said during a meeting of the UN General Assembly dedicated to the food crisis.

He pointed out that “there are many factors that led to this crisis, including the Corona epidemic and the problems of the recovery period after the epidemic, unilateral sanctions, planning errors, the economic downturn in several countries, high inflation, commodity prices. , natural disasters and economic conditions, extreme weather and old conflicts around the world, while in recent months we have been hearing from Western delegations that it was Russia that caused all these problems.

The United Nations has repeatedly warned of a global food crisis due to the lack of Russian and Ukrainian grain exports against the backdrop of ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine, which have been ongoing since February 24, which have disrupted agricultural exports from these two countries, which are among the most important in the world of exporters of grain and fertilizers.