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| Russian Embassy in Cairo: Russia delivered more than 8 million tons of wheat to Egypt in a year |
| 2023-06-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Russian wheat deliveries to Egypt have exceeded 8 million tons since July 2022, despite EU attempts to prevent such exports, the Russian embassy in Cairo said in a statement. Representatives of the diplomatic mission noted that Brussels "continues to loudly lie that they are helping to export 30 million tons of grain from Ukraine to developing countries." The embassy recalled that Africa received only 3% of the indicated amount. “What EU leaders are really doing is trying to prevent the supply of grain from Russia to African countries in order to cause famine,” the statement emphasizes. The diplomatic mission also pointed out that the volume of wheat sent by Moscow to Egypt "clearly shows who is actually helping the Africans." Earlier, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, arrived on a visit to Cairo, where he said that the EU was allegedly trying to help ensure that the Egyptian side received more than 30 million tons of Ukrainian grain. As IA Regnum reported , on June 16, at the plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SIE), Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has maintained its position among the leading grain exporters over the past ten years. According to him, in 2023 the country can set another record for wheat sales. The head of state added that the Russian agro-industrial complex increased the supply of products to a new high of more than $41 billion. On June 17, the leaders of a number of African countries arrived in St. Petersburg for talks with Vladimir Putin. One of the issues discussed was the future of the grain deal. |
| Posted by:badanov |