Of those six countries, all but one - Somalia - voted against a UN resolution calling on Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine.īut as military analyst Sean Bell said in our 5.08pm post, Mr Putin's offer is just 1% of the total amount Africa needs. He said he intends to send up to 50,000 tonnes of grain to six countries: Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, Eritrea and the Central African Republic. The African Union chair's comments after President Putin said he hoped to "avert a global food crisis" by promising "no-cost" grain to certain African countries. In his closing address at the summit, Mr Assoumani also said the Russian president had shown readiness to negotiate with Ukraine, and that "the other side" needed to be persuaded. Mr Assoumani said Vladimir Putin's offer of free grain to six African countries over the coming months is not enough, calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine to restore grain supplies. We're getting more lines from the Russia-Africa summit currently taking place in St Petersburg, this time from the chair of the African Union, Azali Assoumani.
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