According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the construction of a gas hub in Turkey can help resolve the global energy crisis, while agricultural product exports to the “poorest” countries under the Black Sea Grain Initiative can help resolve the global food crisis.
Lavrov stated via video conference at an online ministerial meeting of the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) that Western sanctions are to blame for both crises.
“The Russian side has announced key initiatives to address the current crises in the energy and food sectors in poor countries of the Global South, which have been exacerbated by the collective West’s illegitimate sanctions and previous systemic miscalculations.”
The next BSEC foreign ministers’ meeting is scheduled for the second half of 2023 in Turkey.