Colombia. File photoMEXICO CITY, Apr 23 Colombian Vice President and Foreign Minister Marta Lucía Ramirez expressed hope that Colombia will avoid food shortages and urged to prepare for rising prices. that at some point it may become a food shortage due to a war that, as they say, is far from us, but which affects us all, «Ramirez said during a speech at the University of Baranquilla, the words of the official are quoted by the local Blu Radio. According to Vice -President, despite the remoteness of the conflict in Ukraine, its consequences will be global. «No one will escape the increase in prices for all products, especially food … No one will escape the difficulties of access to fertilizers, urea and many agrochemicals needed by the world for food production,» Ramirez said. Soaring food, energy and commodity prices are hitting mostly developing and low- I eat income, the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov said earlier. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in early April that the situation on the global food market had recently deteriorated due to the mistakes of the West and the imposition of sanctions, indicating that the situation was getting worse. Against this background, UN Secretary General António Guterres called for lifting «unnecessary export restrictions «from Russia to ensure a constant flow of food and energy through open markets.
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