![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Africa needs these vital products today," he said. Meanwhile Sawadogo Mahamadi, head of Burkina Faso's chamber of commerce and industry, called Mr Putin's grain offer "a very good thing". It comes after Moscow pulled out of a landmark deal which had allowed the safe export of grain from Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea to global markets.Ī Russian news agency cited Uganda's foreign minister as calling the decision "understandable". ![]() Mr Putin told African leaders earlier that he was ready to replace Ukrainian grain supplies to the continent and could ship tens of thousands of tonnes of free grain within months (see our 11.36 post). "We are food-secure, he is just adding to what we are already have," he said. Zimbabwe's president has said he is "grateful" for Vladimir Putin's offer of free grain - but insisted his country is "food-secure" and not in need of handouts.Įmmerson Mnangagwa told reporters at the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg that "we are not in any grain deficit at all". ![]()
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