David Beasley, the Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), told MEPs, on Thursday 30 June, that it was impossible to move enough grain to third countries in need “without opening Ukrainian ports”, including Odessa.
David Beasley gave an update on food security in the context of the Russian-triggered war in Ukraine to the European Parliament’s Committees on Agriculture and Development. “The port of Odessa must be opened”, Beasley said. In normal times, 3,000 to...