EU needs to reach an agreement with Russia to export 20 million tons of Ukrainian wheat
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Published May 31, 2022
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The European Union needs to reach an agreement with Russia in order to export 20 million tons of wheat from Ukraine. This was stated on Monday by the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, upon his arrival at the summit of leaders of the countries of the community in Brussels. "We are looking at how to export 20 million tons of Ukrainian wheat. It is not easy. Obviously, an agreement with Russia is needed to use the sea routes," he said. Borrell stressed that the food crisis will be one of the main topics of the current EU summit. "This is a topic of extreme importance.
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The European Union needs to reach an agreement with Russia in order to export 20 million tons of wheat from Ukraine. This was stated on Monday by the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, upon his arrival at the summit of leaders of the countries of the community in Brussels. "We are looking at how to export 20 million tons of Ukrainian wheat. It is not easy. Obviously, an agreement with Russia is needed to use the sea routes," he said. Borrell stressed that the food crisis will be one of the main topics of the current EU summit. "This is a topic of extreme importance. We cannot allow the world to go hungry," he added. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Russia and Ukraine account for 30% of all world grain exports. Countries such as Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Afghanistan are most threatened by the deterioration of the food security situation. On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military ...
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