Grano Ukraine, Lavrov in Ankara: latest news

The West speaks of a “universal catastrophe”, said the Russian minister, but “the share of Ukrainian wheat in question is less than 1% of global production” To discuss the plan to unblock the export of wheat, Russia is ” ready for further meetings in Istanbul “. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergej Lavrov, at a press conference in Ankara. Lavrov reiterated Moscow’s position that the food crisis would have nothing to do with the export of Ukrainian wheat that Westerners and Kiev are trying to describe as “a universal catastrophe”. “The share of this Ukrainian grain in question is less than 1% of the global production of wheat and other cereals,” said the Russian minister.