China takes care of the transport of Russian and Ukrainian wheat

The problem of blocked wheat in Ukraine and Russia requires swift responses. With Ukrainian Black Sea ports closed by the Russians since the invasion began, and over 20 million tons of grain locked in silos, Westerners have appealed to Moscow to defuse a food crisis that has now gone global. The solution of transporting wheat by land through Poland cannot work because it is able to guarantee a few tons of the precious wheat, almost useless to cover the global need. The only way is the sea but the Black Sea is blocked by the Russians and is infested with surface mines. The EU, meanwhile, is firmly seeking a situation that can suit all conflicting parties. Solving the problem of grain distribution relieves the EU from having to face another emergency with catastrophic repercussions due to the uncontrolled increase in migratory flows from Africa to the Old Continent.

The vice president of the EU Commission Valdis Dombrovskis, Davos World Economic Forum, proposed military assistance provided by Ukrainian ships to escort the cargoes crossing the Black Sea. A solution which, while preserving the ownership of grain in Kiev, would inevitably trigger a naval war with disastrous effects because in addition to human lives, the grain at the bottom of the sea.

In the margin of Finance geo, held last April in Washington by the minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland proposed that the grain could be transported by Chinese cargo ships, because they cannot be attacked by Russia. Naturally, the request to China, everyone agreed, must be made from Brussels and not from Kiev.

In fact, from the cabinet of the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, writes Corsera, the call with the request started. And the phone call two days ago from the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to the German ornologist Annalena Baerbock for opening a Green Channel for the export of Ukrainian and Russian wheat with the offer to act as an intermediary to maintain communication with all the warring parties is one of the first results of this vigorous and convinced diplomatic initiative.

However, it was to raise the barricades Moscow which, as a counterpart to the initiative, he asked the removal of sanctions on Russian exports and financial transactions.

Russia therefore says it is ready for dialogue to unblock the grain crisis and to open a humanitarian corridor for the exit of foreign ships loaded with supplies from the port of Mariupol. In Brussels, in any case, the openings in Moscow are viewed with skepticism, and "concrete measures" are expected. A generic openness to dialogue arrived through the Deputy Foreign Minister Andrew Rudenko, who nevertheless in fact threw the ball back into the opponent's field. "Solving the food problem requires a comprehensive approach, including the removal of sanctions imposed on Russian exports and financial transactions", He stressed, also asking"the Ukrainian demining of all ports where ships are anchored ". With these conditions, "Russia is ready to provide the necessary humanitarian passage, which it does every day“, Assured the deputy minister.

Rudenko's words, however, were received coldly in the EU, which has already accused Russia of steal Ukrainian grain. "Everything that comes from the Kremlin today has very little credibility, every announcement cannot be considered credible unless it is followed by concrete actions", A diplomatic source reported, noting how Russia created this crisis,"both energy and food“, As a weapon to be used in conjunction with bombs and missiles.

Indeed, the dialogue did not get off to a good start, because Deputy Minister Rudenko himself rejected the European proposal for military escorts for the passage of ships loaded with grain. Claiming that "it would seriously aggravate the situation in the Black Sea region".

As for the hypothesis of lifting the sanctions in exchange for the unblocking of food exports, Kiev was clear. "Russia is blackmailing the world“, Warned the foreign minister Dmytro kuleba, speaking at the Davos Economic Forum.

On the corridors the Ukrainian government is available, but Kuleba expressed the fear that Moscow could violate the agreement, "enter the port and attack us ".

Extraordinary European Council

Next week at Extraordinary European Council food security and how to continue providing humanitarian, financial and military assistance to Ukraine will be discussed.

Among the drafts that are already running on the conclusions of the forum we speak of peaceful future and not of instant peace with a ceasefire. Negotiations with the Hungarian premier continue on the Russian oil sanctions chapter Orban. The other topics covered concern the safety e common defense and energy, starting with the RePowerEu plan.

"First of all, we need coordination European in defense". The prime minister said so Mario Draghi emphasizing that "this will involve coordination of foreign policy, defense and logistics". "To say that it will be done in an integrative way to the US - he added - it's not entirely true ". "We spend differently from Russia - has explained - more than triple and coordination could also concern the production of weapons ".

China takes care of the transport of Russian and Ukrainian wheat

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