Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Archive photoANKARA, Jun 2 The situation around Ukraine has put the world at risk of a food crisis, in some countries this process is already beginning, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. «there is now a conflict in the heart of Europe. On the one hand, human dramas, on the other, an increase in energy prices. The world is facing the risk of a food crisis, in some countries this process has already begun, there is a risk of facing hunger,» Cavusoglu said, speaking in front of students at the Osmangazi University in Eskisehir. Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the UN has a proposal: to create a contact group of four parties (Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the UN) on the withdrawal of ships with grain from Ukrainian ports. According to him, Turkey agreed in principle and the idea came up to hold a technical meeting. As the Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier, Russia does not interfere with Ukraine's grain exports, logistical problems arose through the fault of Kyiv, its troops mined their seaports. The Foreign Ministry added that «the talk about Russia's allegedly blocking the export of Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea ports and the resulting deficit in the grain market is nothing but speculation.» A former employee of the Odessa sea harbor told RIA Novosti that Ukraine is exporting wheat reserves from storage facilities in the port of Odessa by alternative routes under pressure from the European Union, despite the threat of a grain shortage in the country itself.
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