Lukashenko believes Ukrainian grain will not solve global famine problems
In his talk with journalists after opening a children’s polyclinic in Minsk, the President stated that exports of Ukrainian grain to world markets will not solve the global problem of famine
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted, “20 million tonnes – if they are still there – do not solve this problem at all. It is for a while. The main problem is that they will free up warehouses in Ukraine for a new harvest, if there will be one, and take the last piece of bread from Ukrainians. They are ripping Ukrainians off.”
The Head of State also commented on a popular opinion that the United States plans to export grain from Ukraine in exchange for the supply of weapons, “I do not think it is because of weapons. They will be supplied with weapons – to destroy Russia, to approach China. It is not about bread.”
The Head of State pointed to the situation occurring on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, “These poor, hungry people still come to our Gomel Region by bicycles and on foot – to eat, to receive an injection or a pill. We give them food, an injection, a pill (mostly for free), and they go home. These are not even old people. Women with children come. That is what Ukraine has been brought to, and now they want to take this bread away… However, this is not a solution to the problem. The problem is more serious.”
The President also shared his opinion on the West that ‘fleeced the whole of Africa and put it to its knees’, “They are slaves of multinational Western companies. They work for a penny. That is the main reason: inequality. Therefore, it is necessary for Europeans, Americans, Chinese and Russians to fork out not for weapons, but to invest in these countries, to create a normal situation there. Everything can grow in Africa.”
Moreover, Aleksandr Lukashenko believes it is necessary to invest in South Asia and Latin America that also experience problems with food. “The issue will then be solved. And there will not be hunger then,” he stressed.
