They noted that no other country can replace Ukraine's ability to export grain through the Black Sea.
Representative of the US State Department Ned Price reacted to >suspension of Russia's participation in the “grain agreement”, calling to change its decision. He noted that such statements by the aggressor country have a “harmful effect on global food security,” Voice of America reports.
“Russia is once again making food a weapon in a war it started. The most effective way to ensure food security would be for Russia to return to the agreement and stop the war against Ukraine,” said Price. “We want this the initiative has resumed. We call on Russia to respect the commitments it has made. … Not to stand in the way of the supply of much-needed grain and other foodstuffs.”
According to the representative of the State Department, no other country can replace Ukraine's ability to export grain through the Black Sea.
“Any actions of Russia aimed at hindering critically important exports grains, in fact, will show that the Kremlin does not care whether people and families around the world pay more for food or starve,” said the State Department spokesman, adding that Russia's efforts to obtain concessions in exchange for returning to the implementation of the agreement will mean “collective punishment or collective extortion”.
It will be recalled that on October 29, Russia announced that it suspends its participation in the implementation of the “grain agreement”. After that, the local leader Vladimir Putin said that such a decision is a response to the attackUAV against the Sevastopol Bay, as a result of which the remnants of the Black Sea Fleet suffered significant damage. Moreover, Moscow said that during the so-called terrorist attack, in which Ukraine and Britain are accused, drones were launched specifically from a grain carrier.
However, all this is another Kremlin lie. President Volodymyr Zelensky warned earlier that the Russian Federation wants to block the implementation of this agreement. And the Russian Federation in response offers to “completely replace” Ukrainian grain.
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