Guterres says U.N. working with U.S. and EU to get Russian food to markets
“출하와 관련하여 극복해야 할 장애물과 어려움이 있습니다… 보험에 가입하고요… 구테흐스는 터키의 훌루시 아카르 국방장관과 함께 가진 기자회견에서 “재정”이라고 말했습니다. 구테흐스 대변인은 유엔이 이러한 장애물을 제거하기 위해 미국 및 유럽연합과 협력하고 있다고 말했습니다. “우크라이나와 러시아로부터 더 많은 식량과 비료를 얻는 것은 상품 시장을 더욱 진정시키고 소비자들을 위한 가격을 낮추는 데 매우 중요합니다,”라고 그는 말했습니다. 러시아와 우크라이나는 러시아의 2월 24일 침공 이전에 세계 밀 수출의 약 3분의 1을 차지했는데, 모스크바는 이를 특별 군사 작전이라고 부릅니다. 러시아는 또한 비료의 주요 수출국입니다. (Ezgi Erkoyun 보고; 도미니크 에반스 지음; 데이비드 클라크와 가레스 존스 편집) (도미니크)J.에반스@Thomsonreuters.com, @Dominic입니다.JEvans;)입니다.
By Ezgi Erkoyun
ISTANBUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday the United Nations is working with the United States and European Union to overcome obstacles to Russian food and fertilisers reaching world markets.
Guterres said that under a U.N.-brokered deal agreed in Turkey last month to resume Ukraine’s grain exports cut off since Russia’s invasion in February, more than 650,000 metric tonnes of grain and other food was already being exported.
“The other part of this package deal is the unimpeded access to the global markets of Russian food and fertiliser, which are not subject to sanctions,” Guterres said in Istanbul, where he visited a coordination centre overseeing the exports.
He said those countries that imposed sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine had made clear that the measures did not apply to food and fertilisers, but added there had nevertheless been a “chilling effect” on exports.
“There are a certain number of obstacles and difficulties that need to be overcome in relation to shipping… to insurance and… finance,” Guterres told a news conference alongside Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar.
Guterres said the United Nations was working with Washington and the European Union to remove those obstacles.
“Getting more food and fertiliser out of Ukraine and Russia is crucial to further calm commodity markets and lower prices for consumers,” he said.
Russia and Ukraine accounted for around a third of global wheat exports before Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, which Moscow calls a special military operation. Russia is also a major exporter of fertiliser.
(Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun; Writing by Dominic Evans; Editing by David Clarke and Gareth Jones)
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