Ukraine has sufficient potential for stabilizing the world food market, but Russia blocks Ukrainian ports and destroys the production base, said President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky during the meeting with the UN Secretary General Antoniu Guterrysh.
“We talked today about an important not only for Ukraine, but for the whole world – a food crisis that provokes Russia with a continuation of the war against our state. Ukraine literally gives bread for almost 400 million people on the planet, and now the UN recognizes, already recognizes, that the growth of food prices this year will lead to hunger for at least 47 million people in 81 countries of the world, ”Zelensky quoted“ Ukrainian Truth ”.
According to him, Ukraine has sufficient potential to prevent such a food crisis and stabilize the food market. “There are all goods to supply from our ports in Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions. But part of the Russian policy is the blockade of our ports. As well as the destruction of our production base conscious for the Russian army, their steps in this direction, in particular, the destruction of our Agrarian base, ”Zelensky noted.
“We discussed the need to do everything possible so that Russia unlocked Ukrainian ports for food export. This issue is important not only for Ukraine, I emphasize this again. And first of all, I think, for the whole world and for the UN, which represents it, ”added the Ukrainian leader.