Harvesting winter wheat on a field in the Ust-Labinsky district of the Krasnodar Territory. Archival photo KAZAN, May 19. Egypt is interested in continuing the supply of wheat from Russia, the issue of increasing the volume has not yet been discussed, the country's ambassador to the Russian Federation, Nazih al-Nagari, told RIA Novosti. «We are negotiating with the Russian side on wheat supplies, mechanisms for its transportation. Grain from Russia comes to Egypt, but due to some obstacles, there are delays,» al-Nagari said on the sidelines of the Russia-Islamic World forum.
Egypt has lost seven billion dollars due to the Ukrainian crisisAccording to the ambassador, Cairo has not yet discussed an increase in wheat supplies from Russia. «We are striving to maintain the previous volumes of supplies. When we are able to receive the volumes of wheat that we are used to, then it will be possible to consider the issue of increasing supplies,» the ambassador said. The diplomat stressed that Egypt has wheat reserves, but Cairo seeks to buy Russian grain from — for high quality and good prices. At the end of April, the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation approved India as a country of origin for wheat imports. The rise in prices for a number of food products in Egypt began in March following a global rise in prices due to the Ukrainian crisis, in In connection with this, the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers issued a decree regulating prices not only for subsidized bread, as before, but also for non-subsidized. The country's authorities also banned the export of all types of edible oils, corn, wheat, flour, beans and a number of other products for three months. Russia is the main supplier of wheat to Egypt, Cairo also imported a significant amount of grain from Ukraine before the start of the conflict.
