President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia plans to export 30 million tons of grain by the end of the year and is ready to increase this amount to 50 million tons.
Without giving details, the agriculture ministry said a week ago that Russia was ready to export up to 30 million tons of grain in the second half of 2022.
Food prices have skyrocketed around the world in recent months, with conflicts in Ukraine as well as Russia, the world’s leading grain producer, and a five-month blockade of black people in Ukraine by Russia. One is the threat of famine in poor countries. sea port.
Since then, the situation has eased as exports from Ukraine resumed, albeit still in relatively small quantities, under a deal with Russia brokered by Turkey and the United Nations in July.
In remarks televised at the Security Council’s online meeting, Putin reiterated discontent expressed Wednesday, saying Russia and the poorest countries agreed to a deal that expires in November unless parties agree to an extension. suffered a disadvantage by
A UN spokesperson for the Black Sea Grains Initiative said Wednesday that 30% of the food that left Ukraine was sent to low- and lower-middle-income countries.
But the UN also says the export agreement is commercial, not humanitarian, but market-driven.
The Kremlin said it hopes Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the issue when they meet in Uzbekistan next week.
Russia’s agriculture ministry said on August 5 that Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, will produce 50 million wheat grains for the new season, which will last from July to June 2023, as long as the harvest reaches its target of 130 million tonnes. It said it expects to export tons of grain. Putin announced in May.
Reuters
