Proposed “navy alliance” to escort the Ukarine ship through the Black Sea encirclement
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis proposed the plan during a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in London on May 23.
“Time is very short. We are ending a new harvest and there is no practical way to export grain except through the Black Sea port of Odesa. There is no way to store this grain. and there is no suitable alternative. It is imperative that we show vulnerable countries that we are prepared to take the necessary steps to feed the world,” Mr. Landsbergis said. The Guardian.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis – Photo: DW
Minister Landsbergis proposed that a naval alliance escort mission – not operated by NATO – could protect grain ships as they pass Russian warships in the Black Sea. In addition to the UK, countries affected by the risk of grain shortages such as Egypt can join this escort operation.
“What we’ve seen now is just the beginning. The worst will come within the next five to seven weeks when the first harvest arrives and there’s nowhere to take it away, resulting in people in the North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia will pay exorbitant prices for wheat, corn and other commodities,” he said.
According to Landsbergis, Ukraine needs to export 80 million tons of wheat this year, emphasizing that this is a non-military humanitarian mission.
The plan will require a mine clearance step in the Black Sea to ensure safe passage, as well as the consent of Turkey, which protects the entrance to the Black Sea.
Earlier, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned of “a storm of hunger” if Ukrainian grain was not exported. The world’s 41 least developed countries are importing a third of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia.
4 EU countries propose to requisition Russia’s “frozen” assets to rebuild Ukraine
According to the news agency Reuters, A joint document issued by the four countries of the European Union (EU) Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia and Estonia on May 23 said that on May 24, they will officially call for the confiscation of Russian assets that are currently under construction. blocked by the EU to finance the reconstruction of Ukraine.
On May 3, Ukraine estimated the amount of money needed to rebuild the country due to the conflict with Russia at about 600 billion USD. But with the conflict still raging, the total amount could have risen sharply, the text suggested.
Reuters said the text they had seen also called on the 27-nation bloc to begin preparations for new sanctions against Moscow.
The four countries said the EU and other like-minded countries had frozen assets belonging to Russian individuals and entities and about $300 billion in central bank reserves.
The text calls on EU countries to jointly define a legal way to do this.
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