White House Adviser Kirby Tells VOA That Putin Is Causing Food Pricing Volatility | VOA News #shorts

VOA Russian Service interviewed John Kirby, National Security Council spokesman, about Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

Kirby said he hoped Russian President Vladimir Putin told African leaders that Russia was the reason for volatility in food prices.

Russia began hosting a two-day Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg on Thursday, and Putin told leaders and officials from African countries during the summit's opening session that Moscow would provide grain for sale or free to the neediest countries.

The Russian leader said this move is to avert the uncertainty in the global food supply caused by Russia’s refusal to guarantee safe passage for Ukrainian grain exports across the Black Sea.

But in Washington, the White House pushed back on Putin’s claim of professing to resolve the food crisis affecting the world’s most impoverished countries.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told VOA, “I hope he tells them, ‘I'm the reason why the food prices are volatile. I'm the reason why you're going to have more problems with starvation, and with access to food and grain in your countries.’”

Russia last week rejected an extension of the nearly year-long Black Sea Grain Initiative, contending that exports of Russian grains and fertilizers were not being treated fairly under the deal. Moscow has since said it would treat any ships sailing the Black Sea as possibly delivering arms to Ukraine for its fight against Russia’s 17-month war and could attack them.

Putin is using Russian food exports to boost Moscow’s ties with African countries and the continent’s 1.3 billion people.



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[SomaliTube]

Africa is gonna be soon sel sufficient we will not anything from Russia Ukraine and west. Whole the world Need Africa!

[garylee]

How many ppl are foolish enough to believe anything coming out his lying tounge !!???

[jonathanstuart]

I hope John Kirby understands that liars are despicable