“Russia must allow safe passage and at the same time provide sufficient guarantees that it will not use the corridor for the invasion,” the chancellor told the German news agency.
The Chancellor of Germany Olaf Solts urged Russia to help alleviate the global food crisis, allowing cereals to be exported from the blocked ports of Ukraine.
«We must hope, for the sake of the whole world, that an agreement will be reached“, Said Mr. Soltz, referring to the ongoing talks aimed at creating a corridor for the export of grain along the Black Sea.
«Russia must allow safe passage and at the same time provide adequate guarantees that it will not use the corridor for invasion“, Said the chancellor to the German Agency.
This aisle cannot be used “From ships with grain leaving Ukrainian ports and Russian warships heading to ports”, he insisted.
The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Russia on Thursday after meeting with Mr Soltz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi in Kyiv, Moscow is causing a food crisis in African and Asian countriesblocking grain exports with the naval embargo it has imposed.
Kyiv and the West accuse Moscow of turning food supplies into weapons. Russia, meanwhile, has said it will not ban grain exports, blaming them for the halt to landmines and sanctions.
Mr Solz said he supported UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ ongoing efforts to create a safe corridor.
Asked if he considered it possible to send a UN to Ukrainian ports such as Odessa for this purpose, the German chancellor said: “Everything is being negotiated at the moment, I will not make public assumptions because this would further complicate the already difficult talks. ».
The crisis will be discussed at the G7 summit from 26 June to 28 June, hosted by Mr Soltz, at the Schloss Elmau Hotel in Bavaria.
