President Zelensky accuses Russia of preparing a food crisis by having the Black Sea blocked
“Russia knew that a destabilization of Ukraine would have consequences for the whole world,” said Volodimir Zelensky.
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By: EFE Updated 09 Jun 2022, 04 : 59 am EDT
The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, accused Russia of preparing “a new migration crisis” in African countries and Asians that depend on grain imports. The president demanded long-term and “painful” sanctions against Moscow.
In a video intervention during the opening session of the annual ministerial meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Zelensky reproached the international community for not heeding the warnings his country issued
about the consequences for the whole world of the maneuvers against him that Russia was preparing.
“For a long time the world underestimated the importance of Ukraine and our warnings. Russia knew that a destabilization of Ukraine would have consequences for the whole world. That is why Russia wants to have control of Ukraine. That is why the basic interest of the whole world is to help the resistance of Ukraine, “he pointed out.
President @ZelenskyyUa we’re horrified by the atrocities inflicted on your people in the course of Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression.
We’re inspired by your courage and strength of leadership.
We will do everything we can to continue to support you.#WeStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic .twitter.com/iyPH1s94Aw
— Mathias Cormann (@MathiasCormann) June 9, 2022
In his opinion, “we must stop this war quickly, guarantee the food supply through the Black Sea because it is Ukrainian exports that have a stabilizing role and Russia must answer for the new migratory crisis that he is preparing by taking hostage the inhabitants of Africa and Asia”, said the Ukrainian leader iano.
He also added: “That is why long-term sanctions must continue to be applied and Painful sanctions against Russia . According to his analysis, “the world is currently experiencing a triple crisis: energy, food and a crisis of values.”
Zelensky insisted that for a year these three crises were premeditated and prepared by Russia, but “the world did not want to see and hear what was happening. Above all, they did not want to understand how the world situation is going to depend on what happens here, in this part of Europe“.
Volodimir Zelensky considered that Russia’s war against Ukraine is aggression of Russia against the order that existed in Europe and in the world.
“There are hundreds of towns and cities destroyed in Ukraine, twelve million displaced internal. It is the biggest migration crisis in Europe since the Second World War. Black Sea ports are blocked. Hundreds of millions of people in the world are on the verge of a food crisis for which Russia will bear full responsibility. Europe is experiencing one of the biggest energy crises in its history”.
The Ukrainian president thanked the OECD for its mobilization against Russia, and pointed out that they prove that they are faithful to their principles.
“All available devices must be used against Russia to stop this war”, he commented before thanking the Secretary General Mathias Cormann the opening of an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) liaison office in Ukraine which is initially based in Paris, but will move to kyiv when conditions allow.
Precisely, Cormann once again maintained his harshness against the Russian president: “Vladimir Putin should immediately stop this illegal, senseless, atrocious and unjustified war “.
He also showed his willingness to “deploy all our capabilities for a long-term aid program to Ukraine” on the basis of the new liaison office with that country.
In the opening session of the OECD ministerial, the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, intervened, as the country that holds the presidency this year, and stated that: “the Russian invasion of Ukraine has worsened growth prospects, in addition to disrupting food supply chains, which could cause a humanitarian catastrophe
“.
Mario Draghi emphasized that the millions of tons of cereals
that are in the Black Sea ports because of this conflict, and guarantee that they will not be attacked, while supporting importing countries of cereals, as the European Union already does.
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