Cane sugar. File photoBEIRUT, Mar 27Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati appealed to Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtan Lamamra with a request to consider the possibility of continuing sugar supplies to Lebanon as part of assistance in combating the consequences of the Ukrainian crisis, the press service of the Lebanese government said in a statement. On March 13, Algeria announced its decision to suspend the export of products nutrition, including sugar, butter and wheat products. This decision was made by the leadership of the country and a number of neighboring states to ensure the food security of the population and preserve stocks of grain crops.» The head of government asked the Algerian minister to convey wishes to the Algerian government for an exception for Lebanon as part of the decision to ban the export of sugar, as part of helping Lebanon overcome consequences of the war in Ukraine,» the statement read. Earlier, UN World Food Program spokesman Thomson Peary said that the conflict in Ukraine could lead to higher food prices and world hunger. He noted that the Black Sea basin is one of the most important regions for the production of grain and agricultural products, Ukraine and Russia account for 30% of world wheat exports, 20% of world corn exports and 76% of sunflower supplies, so any interruption in production or supply could lead to to rising prices. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. After that, foreign countries began to impose sanctions, and companies began to massively suspend their activities in the Russian Federation. Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier in a conversation with US President Joe Biden said that further escalation of sanctions would lead to a serious crisis in the global economy, trade, finance, energy and food.
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