African Union wants Russian sanctions to be lifted

African Union wants Russian sanctions to be lifted
June 4, 2022, 8:30 am

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Western sanctions against Russia threaten Africa with a food security crisis, the head of the African Union (AU) and Senegalese President Macky Sall said during a meeting, in Sochi, on Friday (June 3) with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He advocated the abolition of restrictions that apply to Russian grain crops and mineral fertilizer, the We For News reported.

Sall said: “Sanctions against the Russian Federation have exacerbated the situation because we no longer have access to grain, especially wheat from Russia, and most importantly, to fertilizers, which poses a serious threat to food security on the continent."

He pointed out two major problems, the global food crisis and anti-Russia sanctions, and said those problems needed to be worked out so that food products, in particular grains and fertilizers, are removed from the sanctions list.

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President Putin, meanwhile, said that Russian-African relations are currently at a new stage of development, which is very important for both sides.

He said: “I would like to remind that our country has always been on the side of Africa, supported Africa in the fight against colonialism."

Source: wefornews

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