NEW: “I think Russia is hearing a demand signal from countries around the world that they need to stop using food as a weapon of war in Ukraine,” Sec. of State Antony Blinken tells GStephanopoulos on GMA.
August 3, 2023, 8:30 AMWorkers open the hatches of a wheat transporting train car in Constanta harbor, Romania on July 31, 2023. Since the beginning of the war in neighbouring Ukraine, Constanta, the largest port for cereals in Europe, has been on a race to adapt to the growing influx of Ukrainian grain.As the United Nations Security Council convenes in New York on Thursday, officials from the U.S.
Ukraine has long been one of the world's biggest exporters of grain, wheat and corn. More than half of the grain that has left Ukraine since the Russian invasion began has gone to developing countries, including many in Africa, Blinken said.
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