View of Tehran, Iran. Archive photoMOSCOW, April 29Moscow and Tehran continue cooperation in the field of food, despite the situation around Ukraine, Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali told RIA Novosti. «Despite the new conditions, we are working together with Russia , our efforts are focused on ensuring that cooperation continues within the (good) neighborhood,» the ambassador said. Earlier, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the UN World Food Program (WFP) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) called on the world community to take urgent action to ensure food security in the light of events in Ukraine, saying that the sharp increase in prices for basic foodstuffs and interruptions in the supply of goods «plunge millions of people into poverty.» A number of Western countries have imposed new sanctions against the Russian Federation because of Ukraine. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the Western sanctions are very serious, Russia was preparing for them in advance. He added that they require analysis and coordination of departments in order to develop response measures that meet the interests of the Russian Federation. objective processRussian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Putin also noted that the United States and the European Union had effectively defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. He added that current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics.
