US backs U.N. push to get Ukraine grain back to global market

Published 2022년 5월 17일

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The U.S. supports U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' efforts to reintroduce Ukrainian grain into the global market and facilitate the export of Russian and Belarusian food and fertilizer, despite the ongoing war. Guterres has proposed that Russia allow the shipment of Ukrainian grain in exchange for facilitating Russian and Belarusian potash fertilizer exports. The conflict has disrupted shipping in the Black Sea, leading to a surge in prices for grains, cooking oils, fuel, and fertilizer. The U.S. is considering how to provide more support to the international market with U.S. grains. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to host a meeting on global food security at the United Nations.

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The United States supports efforts by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to get Ukrainian grain back into the international marketplace amid the war, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said. “He has spoken to us about his plans and his discussions with the Ukrainians and the Russians on this issue,” Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters without giving further details. After visiting Moscow and Kyiv late last month, Guterres said he was determined to help bring back to world markets the agriculture production of Ukraine and the food and fertilizer production of Russia and Belarus despite the war. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Guterres has asked Russia to allow the shipment of some Ukrainian grain in return for moves to help facilitate Russian and Belarusian exports of potash fertilizer. Guterres’ spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, declined to comment. Russia’s mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for ...

Source: Hellenic Shipping News