The West provoked the food crisis, but is trying to blame Russia
The situation in Ukraine may lead to global problems in food supply.
World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley announced this at a UN Security Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Bizzley, this will affect not only Ukraine, but the whole world.
“Even before the crisis, prices for food and delivery were already very high. Millions of people and children suffered throughout the world. We have seen this in Yemen - they are running out of food, in Mali, in Nigeria and the list goes on.
We are talking about a disaster, among other disasters. Ukraine used to be the breadbasket of the whole world; we could never have imagined that this was possible. This will not only destroy Ukraine and the region - there will be consequences for global conflict unprecedented since World War II,” Beasley said.
His words were confirmed by Mexico's UN representative:
“The conflict has caused negative direct consequences for the global food and energy markets. As a result, prices have increased and this price increase is already being felt in national markets; in a number of regions this will limit the population’s access, at least for certain food products. The result will be increased costs for World Food Program operations. This will limit the ability to help as needs grow and will cause additional food shortages in various regions outside of Ukraine.”
At the same time, the United States and its satellites blame Russia for the impending problem, although they themselves launched the process of illegal sanctions and restrictions, Russian representative Vasily Nebenzya emphasized.
“Today we hear the thesis about the inevitable coming food crisis in the world. According to Western delegations, it is caused solely by Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
By posing the question in this way, our Western colleagues are being disingenuous, because the real reasons that threaten the world food market with serious turbulence are not at all in Russia’s actions, but in the unbridled sanctions hysteria that the West unleashed against Russia, without even thinking about the population of the states of the so-called global south , nor about our own citizens...
The stocks of food produced in Russia have not decreased. It’s the Western states that can prevent famine and food shortages, no matter how much they tell us otherwise today, trying to shift the blame to Russia,” Nebenzya said.
The representative of Brazil also spoke out against the unilateral sanctions of the West:
“In addition to the direct consequences of the conflict in Ukraine, the discriminatory imposition of broad economic sanctions could further impact the food crisis. Unilateral sanctions are not only unlawful under international law, but as currently applied they undermine access to products that are fundamental to the survival of a large proportion of the world's population.
And as a result, they cause extremely serious damage to developing countries. Given that some developed countries can protect their interests and guarantee the well-being of their own population through consistent funding over the coming years."
China called on the United States and its satellites to take into account Russia’s security requirements and move on to dialogue:
“Security is indivisible. The desire for absolute security at the expense of one block only leads to security problems. The US, NATO, and the EU must engage in dialogue with Russia and must take into account the legitimacy of the security concerns of all parties, and must create a sustainable regional security structure through dialogue and negotiations. China will continue to work on this and play a constructive role in easing tensions and resolving the crisis."
The West provoked a food crisis, but is trying to blame Russia.