Representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the UN discussed the humanitarian situation in Ukraine

Issues of humanitarian assistance to residents of Ukraine, LPR and DPR were discussed by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin and UN Deputy Secretary General Martin Griffiths. The conversation was initiated by the United Nations, the Russian agency said on its website.

They also discussed the UN's proposals for global food security.

The HEAD of WFP called on RUSSIA to open the ports of Ukraine for the EXPORT of grain Politics

Since Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine, the world has been at risk of food shortages due to planting obstructions, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. At the time, German Cooperation Minister Svenja Schulze warned that the drought, the post-coronavirus crisis and fighting in Ukraine could lead to the worst famine since World War II, with millions dead.

In early May, Martin Frick, DIRECTOR of the United Nations World Food Program in Germany, said that almost 4.5 million tons of grain were stuck on ships in Ukrainian ports and pointed out that hunger should not be used as a political or economic weapon.

UN Secretary General urged to allow products and fertilizers from Russia to world markets Politics

Later, UN Secretary General António Guterres asked Moscow not to interfere with the export of food from Ukrainian ports. At the same time, he stressed that Western countries should not interfere with the supply of fertilizers and food products from Russia.

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Meanwhile, Russia's permanent representative to the UN Security Council, Vasily Nebenzya, called Moscow's accusations of the threat of a food crisis "blasphemous." He considered guilty the authorities of Western countries, which imposed sanctions against Russia. At the same time, Nebenzya noted that in the second half of 2022, Russia can export 25 million tons of grain.

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