Russia “absolutely” does not want to make any country dependent, the Kremlin’s spokesman has said
Russia has no intention of making African nations over-reliant on its grain, contrary to what the EU leadership claimed in a letter quoted by the media, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has insisted.
The message was reportedly penned by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday, and warned that Moscow sought “to create new dependencies by exacerbating economic vulnerabilities and global food insecurity” through offering its agriculture products at discount prices to developing nations.
“This is absolutely not so,” Peskov told journalists on Thursday, when asked about the remark, which Reuters had published the day before. Russia remains a reliable supplier despite Western attempts to curb its exports, he said.
“We could have done more to meet the growing demand, if it were not for those sanctions, which are illegal under international…
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