Put The Blame Of Food Shortages On Western Nations, Russia

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The Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergei Lavrov, has dismissed claims that Moscow caused the global food crisis nations are experiencing right now.

He said this during a speech to Arab League ambassadors in Cairo, he said Western nations were distorting the truth about the impact of sanctions on global food security.

Lavrov accused Western nations of trying to impose their dominance over others.

Much of the Arab world and Africa are badly affected by grain shortages caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.

On Friday a deal was signed to resume grain exports from Ukraine after Russia attacked the port of Odesa on Saturday.

Mr. Lavrov will go on to visit three African nations to rally support amid anger over the war.

Mr. Lavrov said that Western nations’ “aggressiveness” in imposing sanctions on Russia indicated one simple conclusion: “It is not about Ukraine, it is about the future of the world order.

“They say everybody must support a rules-based world order, and the rules are written depending on what specific situation the West wants to resolve in its favour.”Earlier, Mr. Lavrov held talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry.

Egypt has significant ties with Russia, which supplies wheat, and weapons, and until the invasion of Ukraine began large numbers of tourists. After his talks with Mr. Shoukry, Mr. Lavrov told a joint news conference that the West was prolonging the conflict even though it understood “what and whose end it will be”.

This is the first stage of Mr. Lavrov’s brief tour of Africa from Ethiopia, Uganda, and Congo-Brazzaville.