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TEHRAN, Jun 23The efforts of the UN and Turkey to export Ukrainian grain would long ago have been successful if Kyiv had solved the problem of demining ports, and attempts to create an international coalition for this are aimed solely at interfering in the affairs of the Black Sea region, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. to emphasize once again that there is no connection between the implementation of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine and the food crisis.This is already recognized by members of the US government, representatives of international organizations that deal with food security issues.The crisis and the prerequisites for this crisis were created several years ago and began it is neither today nor yesterday, also a couple of years ago, when Western countries began to pursue a very imprudent populist policy in the field of finance,» Lavrov said following talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian. Lavrov noted that «the efforts that are now are undertaken by Turkey and the UN Secretary General, in general, they would have been successful a long time ago if Ukraine and its Western masters solved the problem of demining ports in the Black Sea. «» Attempts to organize some kind of international coalition to implement these procedures are aimed solely at interfering in the affairs of the Black Sea region under the auspices of the UN. We see it very well. And there is no problem with allowing ships that are locked up by Ukrainians in the mined ports of the Black Sea to get out of there without piling up such schemes. The main thing is that this should be ensured either by demining or by organizing free passages. As far as international waters are concerned, Russia guarantees the safety of the delivery of these vessels to the Bosphorus Strait, and we have an understanding with Turkey on this subject,» the Russian minister added.
Yesterday, 22:37 The US will not impose sanctions against countries that import grain from Russia it is known that this grain accounts for less than 1% of the global production of wheat and other grain crops.» «Now it is important to force the Ukrainians to release foreign ships that are hostage there, and not try to make this problem a distraction from the mistakes and failures of the West in the field international policy on trade in food and fertilizers,» Lavrov concluded.