Putin meets African Union leaders, will deny blame for food crisis, Kremlin says

Published 2022년 6월 3일

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with African Union leaders to defend Russia's role in the growing food crisis in Africa, which has been exacerbated by the disruption of Ukrainian grain exports due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Putin is expected to explain that Ukraine and the West, not Russia, are responsible for the disruption. The food crisis is causing price increases in grains, cooking oils, fuels, and fertilizers, and is particularly affecting African countries. Russia and Ukraine are major global suppliers of wheat, fertilizers, corn, and sunflower oil.

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LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met with African Union (AU) leaders on Friday, and the Kremlin said Putin would tell them Moscow was not to blame for the growing food crisis affecting his country. continent. State TV showed Putin shaking hands with Senegalese President Macky Sall, president of the AU, and Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairman of the AU Commission, at the start of talks in the southern Russian resort of Sochi. Russia's army took over much of Ukraine's southern coast in the course of the 100-day war and its warships control access to the country's Black Sea ports. But Moscow continues to blame Ukraine and the West for the disruption of Ukrainian grain exports. "With a high degree of probability and confidence, I assume that the president will give exhaustive explanations of his view of the situation on Ukrainian grain," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “The president will tell our African friends the real state of affairs, he will explain ...

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