Latvia Says Seized Russian Fertilizers Sent To Kenya Under World Food Program
Date
4/23/2023 1:05:04 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) By News Centre
The Latvian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that some 200,000
tons of Russian fertilizers, blocked in the country's ports, were
sent to Kenya under the World Food Program (WFP).
"On April 21, 2023, the World Food Program took a cargo of
mineral fertilizers from the port of Riga to Kenya," the ministry
said.
The WFP has not commented on the development yet.
Although there are no sanctions against fertilizers, several
states have blocked Russian vessels transporting them.
According to the Russian authorities, over 400,000 tons of
fertilizers are stuck in Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and
the Netherlands.
To settle disputes, Moscow suggested using fertilizers for
humanitarian purposes, to send them to countries, classified by the
UN as the poorest, free of charge.
Russia asked the relevant UN structures to serve as mediators,
but so far only the UN managed to arrange only one shipment of
20,000 tons from the Netherlands to Malawi.
On Friday, Russian deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said
that an agreement was achieved on two more shipments -- to Kenya
and Nigeria.
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