Lavrov called sanctions the cause of hunger more than 600 million people in the world

More than 600 million people face hunger not because of food shortages, but because of sanctions and trade barriers. This was written by the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov in an article for the newspaper “Kommersant”.

“More than 600 million people are currently starving in the world. And it is not a lack of resources, and sanctions and barriers, — said the foreign Minister.

Lavrov recalled that this year, the trade ministers of the G20 countries condemned the use of food supplies as a tool of pressure. Even the European Union agreed with this position, but now it is necessary to move from statements to concrete actions.

In late October, the President of the Russian Association of Fertilizer Producers (RAPU) Andrey Guryev called at the UN level to prohibit the imposition of sanctions against mineral fertilizers. At the Russia-Africa forum, he said that EU restrictions on the supply of fertilizers from Russia and Belarus led to an increase in food inflation. According to him, in the first half of the year, fertilizer imports to Africa decreased by almost 20%, and excluding Russian supplies by a third.