ຢູເຄຣນ, ເທີກີ ແລະອົງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດ ໄດ້ເຮັດວຽກເພື່ອຮັກສາການຂົນສົ່ງອາຫານປະເພດເມັດ ໃຫ້ຜ່ານທະເລດຳໄປໄດ້ ໃນວັນຈັນມື້ນີ້ ຫຼັງຈາກ ຣັດເຊຍໄດ້ໂຈະການເຂົ້າຮ່ວມໃນໂຄງການລິເລີ້ມດ້ານອາຫານປະເພດເມັດ ທີ່ນຳພາໂດຍອົງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດນັ້ນ.
“ກຳປັ່ນຂົນສົ່ງສິນຄ້າພົນລະເຮືອນ ບໍ່ສາມາດເປັນເປົ້າໝາຍທາງການທະຫານ ຫຼື ຖືກຈັບເປັນຕົວປະກັນຈັກເທື່ອ. ອາຫານຕ້ອງເຄື່ອນໄປໃຫ້ໄດ້,” ນັ້ນຄືຄຳເວົ້າຂອງທ່ານອາເມຍ ອັບດູລລາ (Amir Abdulla), ຜູ້ປະສານງານຂອງອົງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດສໍາລັບໂຄງການລິເລີ້ມດ້ານອາຫານປະເພດເມັດ ຢູ່ທະເລດຳ ຫລື Black Sea Grain Initiative ທີ່ຂຽນລົງໃນທວີດເຕີ ໃນວັນຈັນມື້ນີ້.
ອົງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດກ່າວວ່າ ມີຂໍ້ຕົກລົງຮ່ວມກ່ຽວກັບແຜນການໃຫ້ກຳປັ່ນ 16 ລຳ ແລ່ນໄປຕາມແລວທາງມະນຸດສະທຳທາງທະເລ, ຊຶ່ງລວມມີ 12 ລຳ ມຸ້ງໜ້າຈາກທ່າເຮືອຢູເຄຣນໄປສູ່ເຂດກວດການອກແຄມຝັ່ງນະຄອນອີສຕັນບູລ.
ຖະແຫຼງການສະບັບນຶ່ງ ໃນວັນອາທິດວານນີ້ ຍັງກ່າວວ່າ ເທີກີ ແລະສະຫະປະຊາຊາດຈະຕັ້ງເປົ້າໝາຍໃຫ້ທີມງານກວດກາ ກວດເຄື່ອງໃນກຳປັ່ນໃຫ້ໄດ້ 40 ລຳ ທີ່ອອກມາຈາກຢູເຄຣນ.
ອາຫານປະເພດເມັດ ແລະສະບຽງອາຫານອື່ນໆ ຫຼາຍກວ່າ 9.5 ລ້ານໂຕນໄດ້ອອກຈາກທ່າກຳປັ່ນຂອງຢູເຄຣນ ນັບແຕ່ຕົ້ນເດືອນສິງຫາຜ່ານມາ ພາຍໃຕ້ຂໍ້ຕົກລົງທີ່ໄດ້ເຊັນກັນກັບຢູເຄຣນແລະຣັດເຊຍເພື່ອຟື້ນຟູການຂົນສົ່ງຄືນໃໝ່ທ່າມ ກາງວິກິດການອາຫານໂລກ.
ຣັດເຊຍກ່າວໃນວັນເສົາຜ່ານມາວ່າ ຕົນໄດ້ໂຈະການເຂົ້າຮ່ວມໂຄງການນີ້ ຊຶ່ງຮວມທັງການສະໜອງໜ່ວຍງານກວດກາ ແລະອະນຸຍາດໃຫ້ຣັດເຊຍສົ່ງອອກປຸຍ, ໂດຍໃຫ້ຂໍ້ອ້າງວ່າ ຢູເຄຣນໄດ້ທໍາການໂຈມຕີດ້ວຍເຮືອບິນບໍ່ມີຄົນຂັບ ຕໍ່ກອງທະຫານເຮືອທະເລດຳຂອງຣັດເຊຍ ຢູ່ນອກແຫລມໄຄຣເມຍທີ່ຖືກຍຶດຄອງນັ້ນ.
ຕະຫຼາດເຂົ້າເບລ ເກີດຄວາມປັ່ນປ່ວນຍ້ອນການບຸກລຸກຢູເຄຣນ ຂອງມົສກູ ມາເປັນເວລາ 8 ເດືອນ ຂະນະທີ່ທັງສອງປະເທດ ເປັນປະເທດສົ່ງອອກເຂົ້າເບລທີ່ໃຫຍ່ທີ່ສຸດຂອງໂລກ.
ການຂາຍເຂົ້າເບລໃນອະນາຄົດຢູ່ຊີຄາໂກ ໄດ້ເພີ່ມສູງຂຶ້ນຫຼາຍກວ່າ 5 ເປີເຊັນ ໃນຕອນເຊົ້າວັນຈັນມື້ນີ້, ແຕ່ກໍຍັງຕ່ໍາກວ່າລະດັບເມື່ອກາງເດືອນພຶດສະພາຜ່ານມາ ປະມານ 30 ເປີເຊັນ.
ອ່ານຂ່າວນີ້ເພີ້ມເປັນພາສາອັງກິດຢູ່ລຸ່ມນີ້:
Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations worked to keep grain shipments moving through the Black Sea Monday after Russia suspended its participation in a U.N.-led grain initiative.
“Civilian cargo ships can never be a military target or held hostage. The food must flow,” Amir Abdulla, U.N. coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative, tweeted Monday.
The U.N. said there was a joint agreement on a plan for 16 vessels to move through the maritime humanitarian corridor, including 12 heading from Ukrainian ports toward an inspection area off Istanbul.
A Sunday statement also said Turkey and the U.N. would provide inspection teams with a goal of inspecting 40 vessels that have left Ukraine.
More than 9.5 million metric tons of grain and other foodstuffs have left Ukrainian ports since the beginning of August under the agreement struck with Ukraine and Russia to resume the shipments amid a global food crisis.
Russia said Saturday it was suspending its participation, which included providing inspection teams and allowing Russia to export fertilizer, claiming that Ukraine carried out a drone attack against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet off occupied Crimea.
Wheat markets have been volatile due to developments in Moscow's eight-month-old invasion of Ukraine, as both countries are among the world's largest wheat exporters.
Chicago wheat futures were up more than 5% early Monday, but still about 30% lower than mid-May levels.
No vessels moved through the maritime humanitarian corridor on Sunday. Among those waiting to pass was the Ikaria Angel, which the World Food Program chartered to bring 30,000 metric tons of wheat to the Horn of Africa.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell called on Russia to return to the agreement to allow “food to reach the world.”
“Russia’s decision to suspend participation in the Black Sea deal puts at risk the main export route of much needed grain and fertilizers to address the global food crisis caused by its war against Ukraine,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell tweeted on Sunday. “The EU urges Russia to revert its decision.”
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warned of catastrophic consequences of Russia suspending its participation in the U.N.-brokered grain deal. With the war in Ukraine altering the global patterns of food production and supply, inflation in low-income countries has surged to almost 90%. An estimated 345 million people will experience acute food insecurity this year, the organization said. [[ https://www.rescue.org/press-release/russia-halting-ukraine-grain-exports-will-most-heavily-hit-those-already-facing ]]
As tens of millions of people continue to experience extreme hunger in East Africa, and Somalia teeters on the brink of famine as a result of the worst drought in 40 years, the renewed blockade will continue to impede the import of 80% of the grain imported from the Russia-Ukraine region, thereby driving further hunger, the IRC warned.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is “deeply concerned” about the grain initiative, delayed his trip to Algiers for the Arab League Summit by a day to “engage in intense contacts aiming at the end of the Russian suspension of its participation," U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement on Sunday.
"The same engagement also aims at the renewal and full implementation of the initiative to facilitate exports of food and fertilizer from Ukraine, as well as removing the remaining obstacles to the exports of Russian food and fertilizer," Dujarric said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday called the Russia’s exit “predictable.” He accused Moscow of “blockading” ships carrying grain since September.
Zelenskyy called for a tough response against Russia from international bodies like the U.N. and the G-20 group of the world’s major economies.
Speaking to reporters in Delaware Sunday, U.S. President Joe Biden called Russia’s decision to suspend participation from the Ukrainian grain deal “purely outrageous” and said it would increase starvation.
"There's no merit to what they're doing. The U.N. negotiated that deal and that should be the end of it," Biden said.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement, “In suspending this arrangement, Russia is again weaponizing food in the war it started, directly impacting low- and middle-income countries and global food prices and exacerbating already dire humanitarian crises and food insecurity.”
Blinken said the U.S. is urging “Russia to resume its participation in the Initiative, fully comply with the arrangement, and work to ensure that people around the world continue to be able to receive the benefits facilitated by the Initiative.”
VOA U.N. correspondent Margaret Besheer contributed to this story. Some information for this report came from The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters.
