EU urges G20 to help persuade Putin to re-open Ukraine grain export route
by Lisa O'Carroll Brussels correspondent and Julian B from World news | The Guardian on (#6DH9N)
Brussels' foreign policy chief calls on nations to speak with a unified voice to help people most in need'
The EU's foreign policy chief has written to G20 ministers urging them to help Brussels persuade Vladimir Putin to reopen the main export route for Ukraine grain to countries in Africa and the Middle East.
In a letter seen by the Guardian, Josep Borrell warned that Russia's decision to walk out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI) last month was risking the lives of children and others in war-torn countries and conflict zones.
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