Against the background of the Russian -Ukrainian war, German Chancellor Olaf Schultz pledged more support from Germany to avoid global famine.
Schultz said today, Saturday, in a video statement that Germany will allocate another 10 million euros to deliver grains from Ukraine in coordination with the World Food Program, adding that a ship belonging to the program sponsored Germany is currently on its way to hand over Ukrainian grains to Ethiopia.
Schultz’s comments come on the occasion of the “Pills from Ukraine” initiative. “Today we commemorate the great famine,” said Schultz, addressing Ukrainian President Volodimir Zellinski.
It is noteworthy that this famine in Ukraine, which was accused of its arrangement, the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, although it also hit Russia, which killed up to four million Ukrainians in 1932 and 1933.
Schultz said, according to the statement: “Today we agree that hunger should never be used as a weapon again . ..
For this reason we cannot accept what we are going through now: the worst global food crisis in years with severe consequences for millions of individuals – from Afghanistan to Madagascar, From the coast to the Horn of Africa, “adding that Russia has exacerbated this situation by targeting the agricultural infrastructure in Ukraine and the blockade of the Black Sea ports for several months.
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Last July, the United Nations and Turkey prompted Russia to lift the maritime blockade of the Ukrainian Black Sea ports, allowing the export of grains specifically. Ukraine is an important resource for global food supplies.
Schultz said that Germany welcomes the successful efforts of the United Nations to expand the so -called Black Sea Pills Initiative, adding that the world is closely monitoring whether Russia fulfills its obligations.
He pointed out that since last April, the European Union has facilitated the exports of grain through land, railways and river through “Solidarity Paths”, adding that it is at the Group of Seven summit held in Germany, the Group countries provided an additional 4. 5 billion dollars to support global food security and avoid starvation..
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