On Thursday, the Kremlin said that Russia is still a trustworthy supplier of grain despite barriers built by Western nations and that food shortages in Africa had nothing to do with Russia.
Moscow in July left a year-old deal that had allowed Ukraine, to import grain from its Black Sea ports despite Russia’s attack and military control of the Ukrainian sea, and reduce a surge in international costs.
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Kremlin was questioned in a briefing about reported indictments by the head of the Ukrainian Security Council that Russia was causing hunger in Africa, where many nations rely on imported grain. He replied that those indictments are baseless, they are false and they are an intentional misshaping of reality.
The grains and food shortages on the African continent have nothing to do with Moscow, he added.
Russia, till now, even though the agreement itself no longer acts, takes a reliable role: you know about the initiative to send free grain to the neediest nations of the African continent, Peskov added.
In leaving the agreement, Russia claimed that Western sanctions were hindering its own food and fertilizer exports, in violation of a separate deal.
Since then, Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia has vowed to send up to 50,000 tons of grain for free to African nations.
There were no definite outcomes yet on a suggested plan to ship Russian grain involving Turkey and Qatar, Peskov said.
Moscow has presented the program, in which Qatar would ensure supplies of free grain to needy nations, as an alternative to the Black Sea grain deal.
