The Ministry of Agriculture completed the supply of grain to the six poorest countries in Africa

Published 2024년 2월 21일

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The Russian Ministry of Agriculture, in partnership with the United Grain Company and supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Transport, has successfully completed a large-scale humanitarian project, supplying 200 thousand tons of wheat to the six poorest African countries. The initiative, which is a first for Russia, ran from November 2023 to February 2024. The beneficiary countries include Mali, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Somalia, and the Central African Republic.

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The Russian Ministry of Agriculture, together with the United Grain Company (OZE), with the support and assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Transport, completed the supply of wheat to the six poorest countries in Africa, they were supplied with a total of 200 thousand tons of grain, Russian Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev said at a meeting with the president Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. “The Ministry of Agriculture, together with the United Grain Company and with the support and assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Transport, completed the supply of wheat to the six poorest countries of the African continent,” Patrushev said at a meeting with the Russian President. He noted that such a large-scale humanitarian action was carried out by Russia for the first time. Patrushev said that the first ship left on November 7, 2023, and the last one arrived in Somalia at the end of January. “And on February 17, its ...

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