Harvesting winter wheat in the field. File photoMINSK, June 3Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the best among the five directions for the export of grain from Ukraine, determined together with Russian President Vladimir Putin, is Belarusian. «The best direction (for the export of grain from Ukraine — ed.) (Putin and I identified five) — Belarus. Please — we don’t want starvation in Africa. Not in Africa, there is not enough in Europe and America. We don’t mind, bring through Belarus, but there must be compromises: we — to you, you — to us,» Lukashenka said. His words are quoted by the state agency Belta.
Russia is required to feed the whole world for freeAccording to him, Western countries are responsible for the food crisis. «Open the ports and we will ship. Moreover, the ports are standing still, people have been thrown out into the street. Mad people. We have faced hunger for a long time. A billion are starving, and tomorrow a billion will be on the verge of death. Only because of the policy that the West and rich countries today, first of all America, they are doing it. That's the problem. We need to solve it,» Lukashenko said. Earlier, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that Russia was ready to let ships with Ukrainian grain through, but Kyiv must clear the Black Sea from mines. According to him, Kyiv not only laid mines, but also sank ships. If they do, then Russia has a corridor that the Russian Navy is ready to provide in order to ensure the safe exit of ships from the water area. >West forbids feeding the starving world with totalitarian grain from Russia
