The US State Department called for the extension of the "grain initiative"

The US State Department noted the need to continue the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

Report informs citing Interfax-Ukraine that this is stated in the statement of the Foreign Ministry.

"There is an urgent need to expand the Black Sea Grain Initiative so that ships can call at Ukrainian ports so that more food can reach world markets," the statement said.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Moscow to stop using hunger as a weapon in its war with Ukraine.

"The world doesn't need to remind Moscow every few weeks to stop using people's hunger as a weapon in their war against Ukraine," he said.

source: report.az