G7 foreign ministers agreed on Friday that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused the current global food crisis and that Moscow is responsible. This is stated in the communique published following the meeting of the heads of the diplomatic departments of the G7 countries, reports Voice of America..

According to the document, Russia is exacerbating the problem of food security with blockades and bombardments of Ukraine's key infrastructure..

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The heads of the G7 diplomatic departments expressed support for the efforts of the United Nations and the European Commission, which are being undertaken to transport Ukrainian grain both by sea and by rail.

Earlier, the US State Department also issued a statement stating that Russia is primarily responsible for the global food crisis..

“Food shortages had been on the rise even before the invasion [of Ukraine], and the war declared by Putin exacerbated this trend. Russia attacks Ukrainian grain fields, attacks merchant ships in the Black Sea and blocks Ukrainian grain exports. Russia also expropriates Ukrainian grain for profit by stealing it from Ukrainian warehouses.. All of these actions have exacerbated food insecurity around the world,"

In addition, they emphasize in the American diplomatic department, Moscow is deliberately misleading the world community with the help of a disinformation campaign.. Large-scale disinformation campaign of the Kremlin and its puppets is aimed at the regions hardest hit by the crisis: the Middle East and Africa.

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This crisis is acutely felt in many countries in the Middle East and Africa, which import at least half of their wheat from Ukraine,"

“Russia bears sole responsibility for this food crisis, despite the Kremlin’s campaign of lies and disinformation,” European Council President Charles Michel said at a June 6 UN Security Council meeting..

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The G7 summit will be held in the Bavarian castle of Elmau from June 26 to 28 under the chairmanship of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Shortly before the start of the summit, on June 19, secret documents of the German police concerning the organization of the G7 summit, which was held in the same castle in 2015, were made public on the Internet..