The United States announced on the 22nd of July that Russia will be responsible for implementing the agreement to resume grain exports from Ukraine. He also accused China of stockpiling grain.
Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement on the 22nd to resume grain exports from Ukraine's the Black Sea. UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Turkish President Erdogan, who acted as intermediaries, acknowledged that they would help alleviate the global food crisis.
United Nations Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Greenfield expressed his hope that the agreement would "help mitigate the crisis posed by Russia." "Russia will actually do it or watch it," he said.
Regarding the global food crisis, U.S. Department of State Sanctions Coordinator O'Brien said, "China is very aggressive in buying grain and stockpiling it as hundreds of millions of people face the catastrophic phase of food shortages. "There is." He said he would like to make sure that China "acts as a great power and supplies more grain to the world," such as supplying grain from its own stockpiles.
He also pointed out that 40% of the first grain shipped from Ukraine in April went to China.
In contrast, spokesman Liu Pengyuki of the Chinese Embassy in Washington said that while China's agricultural land accounts for less than 9% of the world's population, it accounts for one-fifth of the world's population, so it is necessary to maintain a certain grain stockpile. Pointed out that there is. The Chinese government is working with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) to provide developing countries with about 30,000 tons of urgent and humane food assistance. Is actively contributing to the food security issue of the United Nations. "
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