U.N. Chief Visits Odesa, Facing Limits of Influence Over War in Ukraine
António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, said during a visit to Odesa, Ukraine, on Friday that the port — where shipments of grain have begun departing under an international deal in recent days — stood as a symbol of what the world can achieve when countries work together for the common good.
But he said that wealthier countries needed to support developing nations by helping them buy the grain.
“A country cannot feed itself if it is starved for resources,” Mr. Guterres told reporters in Odesa, Ukraine’s largest port city.
He visited the city to witness the progress of the fragile agreement brokered by the United Nations and Turkey that freed up grain after it was stuck for months amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Russia’s monthslong blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports aggravated a global food crisis, helping stoke famine in Africa and contributing to soaring grain prices.
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