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African leaders want immediate release of Russian fertiliser from EU ports
Times Live ^ | 8/2/2023 | Amanda Khoza

Posted on 08/02/2023 2:00:27 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan

The UN should take the necessary action to release 200,000 tonnes of Russian fertiliser blocked in EU seaports for immediate and free delivery to African countries.

This was the call made by the African leaders spearheading the peace initiative to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday. In a statement, the leaders also called for the full resumption of the Black Sea grain deal.

“The leaders called for specific steps to remove obstacles to Russian grain and fertiliser exports, thus allowing the resumption of the full implementation of the Black Sea package initiative of the UN secretary-general as endorsed on July 22 2022 in Istanbul,” the leaders said.

The statement follows a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the second Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg last week.

At the two-day summit, President Cyril Ramaphosa was joined by President Azali Assoumani of the Comoros in his capacity as chair of the AU, Congo’s President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah-el Sisi, Senegal’s President Macky Sall, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni and the foreign minister of Zambia Stanley Kakubo.

It was the second meeting between the seven leaders and Putin. The first meeting took place in June when the leaders undertook a peace mission to Kyiv and St Petersburg in a bid to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.

During their meeting the leaders said they recognised progress achieved since June on the proposals they discussed on humanitarian issues, particularly related to the rights of children in areas of armed activities and prisoner exchanges between Russia and Ukraine, and agreed that humanitarian efforts would continue to bring further results.

Last week Reuters reported that Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Vershinin said no talks on resuming the Black Sea grain export deal were under way.

The deal, brokered by the UN and Turkey last July, aimed to prevent a global food crisis by allowing grain blocked by the war in Ukraine to be safely exported.

Russia announced it was withdrawing from the deal last month.


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1 posted on 08/02/2023 2:00:27 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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To: Right Wing Vegan

How about the African Excrement Party where they throw it off the ships in to the sea.


2 posted on 08/02/2023 2:04:41 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

More people may starve because of the Ukraine war are killed by violence.


3 posted on 08/02/2023 2:07:28 PM PDT by MattMusson (Sometimes the wind bweek.lows too much)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

“This was the call made by the African leaders spearheading the peace initiative...”

So Russia wants to sell the fertilizer, and Africa wants the fertilizer. Seems like these “African leaders” aren’t exactly disinterested parties in this scenario.


4 posted on 08/02/2023 2:44:30 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Nobody cares what they want, and they will pay a very high price.

The west will not let Russian commodities through, and Russia will not let Ukrainian commodities through.

However, Russia has stated several times they will restart the Black Sea Grain Initiative if the west will uphold their end of the bargain.

The west says nothing other than “Russia is starving millions of babies”. This because they would rather rot in the gutters of hell before allowing Russian commodities to market...without regard to how many die.


5 posted on 08/02/2023 2:53:04 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Let the knee pad girl take control. She wants to lower the population.


6 posted on 08/02/2023 3:16:12 PM PDT by oldasrocks (uit )
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To: Right Wing Vegan

Why? Do they plan on actually farming with it?


7 posted on 08/02/2023 4:50:07 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: metmom

Yes.


8 posted on 08/02/2023 5:00:17 PM PDT by MarMema
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"The west says nothing other than “Russia is starving millions of babies”."
Starvation will be the main tool for world population reduction. Look at the attacks on farming and fertilizers in the Western nations.
9 posted on 08/02/2023 6:31:39 PM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Mariner

The Regime is going to fight to the last Ukrainian, and the last starving African.


10 posted on 08/02/2023 7:15:44 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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