UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said he is in “intense contact” with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the US and the EU to try to restore Ukrainian grain shipments and revive Russian fertiliser exports.
Guterres warned of years of “mass hunger” if a growing global food crisis goes unchecked, as he urged Russia to release Ukrainian grain.
“I am hopeful, but there is still a way to go,” he told a food security meeting at the UN.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was hosting the UN meeting, said countries with significant grain and fertiliser reserves needed to “step up fast” to address global food insecurity.