Russia came under pressure at the UN Security Council on Friday from its ally China and developing countries as well as Western nations to avert a global food crisis and quickly revive Ukrainian grain shipments.
Russia came under pressure at the UN Security Council on Friday from its ally China and developing countries as well as Western nations to avert a global food crisis and quickly reviveMoscow was also criticized by the UN and council members for attacking Ukrainian ports after pulling out of the year-old grain deal and destroying port infrastructure -- a violation of international humanitarian law banning attacks on civilian infrastructure.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield accused Russia of using the Black Sea as "blackmail" and playing political games, pointing to Moscow's export of more grain than ever before at higher prices. She called on the Security Council and all 193 UN member nations to come together and urge Russia to resume negotiations in good faith.
Mozambique's UN Ambassador Pedro Afonso said Russia's action is certain "to amplify global socio-economic stresses in a world already grappling with a perfect storm of conflict, climate change" and a loss of confidence in multilateral solutions. Under the deal, Ukraine was given a green light to ship grain from three Black Sea ports, but following Monday's withdrawal Russia said it will consider a ship travelling to Ukrainian ports as being laden with weapons and will treat the country of its flag as a participant in the conflict on Kyiv's side. Ukraine announced that it will also treat ships travelling to Russian Black Sea ports as military targets.
"We strongly urge restraint from any further rhetoric or action that could deteriorate the already dangerous situation," she said. "Any risk of conflict spillover as a result of a military incident in the Black Sea -- whether intentional or by accident -- must be avoided at all costs, as this could result in potentially catastrophic consequences to us all."
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