UN Secretary-General António Guterres argued this Saturday in Istanbul that Russian fertilizers and agricultural products must have “unhindered” access to world markets, otherwise there will be a global crisis as early as 2023.
“It is important that governments and the private sector work together to bring them to market,” defended Guterres of the Joint Coordinating Center, which oversees the implementation of an agreement on the export of Ukrainian grains signed in July between Kyiv and Moscow. under the auspices of the UN and Turkey.
The agreement also ensures that Russia can export its agricultural products and fertilizers despite Western sanctions.
“What we see here in Istanbul and Odessa is only the most visible part of the solution. Another part of this global agreement is unrestricted access to world markets for Russian food and fertilizer products that are not subject to sanctions,” Guterres said, noting that despite this, the export of fertilizers and Russian products still faces “obstacles “.
“Without fertilizer in 2022, there may not be enough food in 2023. Getting more food and fertilizer from Ukraine and Russia is needed to calm markets … and lower prices for consumers,” the UN Secretary General warned.
António Guterres was in Ukraine this week where he met in Lvov (west) on Thursday with Ukrainian Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before traveling to Odessa (south) on Friday.
Last Saturday, he visited the first UN chartered humanitarian vessel carrying Ukrainian grain off the coast south of Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara.
The “brave commander”, whose final destination is Djibouti, left the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny on Tuesday with 23,000 tons of wheat before crossing the Bosphorus on Wednesday evening.
The UN Secretary-General promised on Thursday that his organization would work to “intensify” Ukraine’s grain exports before winter sets in, as they are critical to the food supply of many African countries.
Under the terms of the agreement signed in July, since August 1, 650,000 tons of Ukrainian grain and agricultural products have been shipped from the Ukrainian ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhny.
Vessels must pass through a safe corridor in the Black Sea and then go through a Single Coordination Center (JCC) check before they are allowed to cross the Bosphorus.
Grain exports from Ukraine, one of the largest producers and exporters in the world, have been blocked for months by a Russian invasion, raising fears of a global food crisis.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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