Grano Ukraine, Di Maio: “We expect clear and concrete signals from Russia”

Italy ” expects clear and concrete signals from Russia, because blocking wheat exports means holding and condemning millions of children, women and men hostage to death away from the front of the conflict ”. This was stated by Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in a joint press point with FAO Director General Qu Dongyu at the Farnesina, at the end of the first Mediterranean Ministerial Dialogue on the Food Crisis. ” Russia, using food as a weapon of war, is guilty of other crimes, which are added to the atrocities already committed on Ukrainian soil and which are visible to all ”, added the head of the Farnesina. ” Italy – he stressed – will continue to commit itself at the forefront to find solutions and to guarantee the food security of the countries most exposed to the consequences of the conflict, starting with those of the Mediterranean ”. “Food security is a priority for our country, which has helped to put it at the top of the international agenda, and with the FAO we will do our utmost to avert a global food catastrophe,” said the foreign minister.