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2023-11-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Russia begins free grain supplies to Africa
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Russia has begun free grain supplies to African countries. Journalists were told about this on November 17 during a visit to the exposition of the Ministry of Agriculture “Eat Your Own!” at the international exhibition and forum “Russia”, the head of the department Dmitry Patrushev said .
| More gifting of the Ukrainian harvest without asking or getting permission? How generous Russia is, to be sure. |
He added that the government has made all the necessary decisions to carry out supplies.
“The first two ships - 25 thousand tons each - in the direction of Somalia and Burkina Faso have already left Russian ports,” Patrushev said.
The minister said that the first ships will arrive at their destination ports in late November - early December. According to him, ships to the Central African Republic, Zimbabwe, Mali and Eritrea will be loaded with wheat in the near future and sent to these countries by the end of this year.
The total volume of supplies by the end of the year will be up to 200 thousand tons.
As Regnum reported , Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 20, during a speech at the parliamentary conference “Russia - Africa in a multipolar world,” said that Russia would be ready to supply free grain to African countries in need in a volume equal to previous supplies under the grain deal in the event of its non-renewal. He also added that Moscow conscientiously fulfills all obligations to supply food, fertilizers and fuel to African countries. Putin emphasized that Russia is ready to supply fertilizers to African countries for free, but the West does not allow this to happen.
At the Russia-Africa summit in July, the Russian leader said that Russia would supply 25-50 thousand tons of grain free of charge to countries in particular need of food, such as Burkina Faso, Somalia, Zimbabwe, and Eritrea. Patrushev said at the summit that Moscow has tripled wheat supplies to Africa .
In August, the Minister of Agriculture announced that Russia would supply Africa with up to 50 thousand tons of grain free of charge.
On September 4, Putin, following negotiations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, said that Russia would begin supplying free grain to six African countries in a couple of weeks . He clarified that Russia is ready to supply up to 1 million tons at a preferential price through Turkey to the poorest countries and is counting on the assistance of Qatar.
The grain deal between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN was in effect since July 22, 2022. The initiative was extended several times. On July 17, 2023, Russia suspended participation in the agreement due to the systematic failure of the West to comply with the terms. Moscow also took such a step because Kiev actually turned the agreements into its own commercial project, supplying rich Western countries with Ukrainian food, rather than needy states, as was originally planned.
EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on September 19 that he sees no chance that agreements with Moscow on a grain deal will be reached. In turn, Putin noted that Russia is ready to return to the Black Sea initiative, but only when there is real fulfillment of all obligations to Moscow.
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