BEIRUT, Mar 22 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, said yesterday that, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, affected Lebanon’s capacity to secure sufficient wheat, urging UN to increase food support for his country, a statement by Lebanon’s Presidency reported.
“Wheat warehouses were destroyed in the Beirut port blasts in 2020, and the war in Ukraine further impacted our access to this commodity,” Aoun said.
Aoun’s remarks came, during his meeting in Italy with David Beasley, the executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP), who said, the WFP will continue supporting Lebanon, despite the increasingly difficult global situation.
Aoun also met with the director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Qu Dongyu, who said that, FAO will urge member states of the organisation, to double their production of basic food products, with the aim of facing the emerging global situation, in light of the war in Ukraine.
Dongyu promised Aoun to continue coordinating with the Lebanese government, to provide Lebanon with its needs.
Aoun arrived in Italy yesterday, and he will also hold meetings with Italian president and officials.– NNN-NNA
