CAs a short-term recourse, we call on partners with large food stocks, as well as the private sector, to make food available without distorting markets, including by supporting the World Food Program procurement strategy”, asks in a statement the G7, meeting until Tuesday in southern Germany.
G7 leaders further pledge an additional $4.5 billion to address food insecurity, bringing the effort this year to around $14 billion.
The G7 also reiterated its “urgent appeal to Russia to end, unconditionally, the blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports, the destruction of essential port and transport infrastructure, silos and grain terminals, the illegal appropriation by the Russia of agricultural products and equipment in Ukraine and to all other activities that interfere with the production and export of Ukrainian production and export of foodstuffs”.
“These actions can only be seen as a geopolitically motivated attack on global food security.”, denounces the G7.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the blockade of Black Sea ports, is driving up food prices and contributing to the global spike in inflation.
Russia, for its part, denies having blocked the passage of cargo ships and accuses Western sanctions of contributing to the food crisis.