daniel chigunwe
Herald Correspondent
The Russian Federation shares world-wide concerns about the current increase of food prices and its negative impact on the security of the most vulnerable segments of the population.
It is to be noted that the unfavourable situation on the global food market is a side-product of a trend that has been developing over the past years due to the interference of the United States and some other Western countries in the internal affairs of sovereign states in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America through encouragement of conflicts, military interventions, use of unilateral illegal sanctions and restrictive financial and trade measures.
As a result, agricultural production in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq has collapsed.
These countries became totally dependent on humanitarian food aid.
Some other countries suffer from suffocative sanctions.
To aggravate the situation there is the current disruption of supply chains which is caused neither by underproduction in Russia nor by its unwillingness to continue with exporting relevant products.
Russia values its reputation as a reliable partner and supplier and stands ready to meet export obligations.
The difficulties that business operators experience are due to logistical and financial outcomes of the economic aggression − an unprecedented illegal unilateral sanctions imposed by the West on Russia in violation of international law and the UN Charter.
These sanctions represent not just some targeted restrictions but a full-scale blockade that will inevitably affect the food security of developing states.
For example, it is obvious that the restrictions on transporting Russian and Belorussian fertilisers will inevitably lead to a serious decline in crops all over the world.
However there are threats to prohibit Russian cargo ships to enter some foreign ports and to cut off Russia completely from the SWIFT system.
Moscow calls on friends and partners not to give in to anti-Russian hysteria driven by the attempts of the Western countries to retain their economic and political dominance.
A wide front is urgently required to promote respectful and constructive dialogue on global issues.
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