Karis emphasized that the use of sanctioned Iranian drones by the aggressor state needs attention.
«We must look for solutions to the problems that Russia has created with the war and help Ukraine find ways to export grain, not ease the sanctions imposed on Russia as an aggressor, nor let it spread across the Black Sea and dictate its terms,» the president said.
Presidents Alar Karis, Gitanas Nauseda and Edgars Rinkevics discussed with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres the impact of the war of aggression initiated by Russia on the world's food security and opportunities for the export of Ukrainian grain.
«For this, it is necessary to keep open and, if possible, expand Ukraine's open humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea and we also need to find solutions to keep alternative Ukrainian grain export channels in operation in the European Union. We definitely cannot submit to blackmail by the aggressor in the process. The Black Sea is not Russia's territorial sea, it is currently acting like a brutal pirate there, preventing the free movement of ships with humanitarian shipments, thus violating international rules, including freedom of navigation,» Karis said.
Summarizing the meeting, the president said that Russia is to blame for the global food crisis.