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Russia Completes Delivery of Wheat to Six Poorest African Countries, Agriculture Minister Says
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has completed delivery of wheat to six poorest African countries, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev told President Vladimir Putin... 21.02.2024, Sputnik Africa
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Russia Completes Delivery of Wheat to Six Poorest African Countries, Agriculture Minister Says

08:39 21.02.2024 (Updated: 17:25 21.02.2024)
© AP Photo / Ben CurtisAn Ethiopian woman scoops up portions of wheat to be allocated to waiting families after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 8, 2021
An Ethiopian woman scoops up portions of wheat to be allocated to waiting families after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 8, 2021 - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 21.02.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has completed delivery of wheat to six poorest African countries, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev told President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on Tuesday.
During the meeting, Putin proposed to discuss Russia’s humanitarian initiative on supplying with to African countries.

“The Agriculture Ministry […] has completed delivery of wheat to six poorest countries of the African continent,” the minister said, adding that 200,000 tonnes of grain were sent to Somalia, the Central African Republic, Eritrea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe.

At the 2023 Russia-Africa Summit, Putin vowed to supply Russian grain free of charge to African countries most in need.
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