MEA: Engaged with Russia, Ukraine over food corridor
New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- India has exchanged ideas with Russia and Ukraine on opening "food corridors" to facilitate grain exports from Black Sea ports as part of a broader ceasefire proposal and is working with other stakeholders for the return of peace in the region, the external affairs ministry said on Tuesday.
During a phone conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that India can take the lead in ensuring uninterrupted food supplies through the Black Sea by mediating the establishment of food corridors. The conversation was followed by a phone call between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal reiterated India's three-part ceasefire proposal focused on the safety of commercial shipping in the Black Sea, energy and grain exports and stopping attacks on infrastructure, and told a regular media briefing that the Indian side has formally taken up the issue of food corridors with Russia and Ukraine. "On the issue of food corridors, we have exchanged ideas with both sides. India remains in touch with both sides, as well as with interested parties, to contribute towards the return of peace to the region," he said.
Jaiswal's remarks marked the first acknowledgement from the Indian side about the work on food corridors....
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