Mega Bread War in Africa has begun for food due to Russia Ukraine Confl

Rome: Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio warned that there is a mega war sparked in Africa over food. We must stop this war. If the conflict in Ukraine does not end soon, there will be a severe famine situation developing in Africa. The Italian Foreign Minister held Russia responsible for the crisis.

Moreover, Western countries and international organisations are accusing the world are facing a severe food shortage due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The United Nations has warned that a cyclone of starvation will hit underdeveloped and unnoticed countries. The underdeveloped countries already face starvation given the Coronavirus pandemic and internal conflicts. But the Ukraine conflict has affected exports of necessary items from fertiliser to fuels. The United Nations had warned that a cyclone of starvation could hit these countries.

Openly saying that a mega war has been sparked in the African countries for food, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio warned that the condition would worsen in the coming times. The Italian Foreign Minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of the situation. Russian warships have blocked the export of 30 million tonnes of food grain from Ukrainian ports. Russia should break these shackles and open the food grain stock for exports. Maio warned that the situation would only worsen if this were not done.

Furthermore, fertiliser imports have been severely affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Turkey is trying to work out a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine to resolve the food grain crisis. Against this background, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Turkey on Wednesday. At this time, the Russian Foreign Minister expressed willingness to export food grain lying in the warehouses in Ukrainian ports. But Lavrov pointed out that no one else but Ukraine has planted marine mines around these warehouses. Russian Foreign Minister lambasted that the responsibility for defusing these mines lies with Ukraine and not Russia.

Last week, Russian President Putin held a meeting with the President of the African Union. After the meeting, the President of the African Union announced that Russia is not responsible for the starvation crisis faced by the world along with Africa. Russian President Putin had announced that the food grain supply could be streamlined if the western countries withdrew the sanctions imposed against Russia. But Ukraine and the western countries are not in a mood to accede to his demand. Therefore, Russia is presenting a picture to the world that it is not Russia but Ukraine and the western countries responsible for the worsening starvation crisis in the world.