Release of seized Russian fertilizers in EU ports being considered — Lavrov

Russian Politics & Diplomacy December 18, 2023, 17:40

According to the foreign minister, Russia will "feed many foreign countries not merely by commercial supplies but also by free of charge provision of hundreds of thousands of metric tons of our wheat and other grain crops"

MOSCOW, December 18. /TASS/. Issues related to the release of Russian fertilizers unlawfully seized in ports of the European Union are being considered, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Channel One.

"Resolution of issues with unblocking our illegally seized fertilizers in ports of the European Union is in progress," Lavrov said.

Russia will again have a huge grain harvest, the minister stressed. "We will again feed many foreign countries not merely by commercial supplies but also by free of charge provision of hundreds of thousands of metric tons of our wheat and other grain crops for the poorest countries, in Africa in the first instance, and also in Asia," he added.

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