The Agriculture ministers of the G7 countries condemned this Sunday the Russia’s use of food “as a means of destabilization and a tool of geopolitical coercion” during their invasion of Ukraine, to which they promised more support.
“We continue to condemn in the strongest terms the Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine”, reads the joint statement adopted by the Group of Seven at the end of their two-day meeting in the Japanese city of Miyazaki.
The holders of Agriculture of Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States (EU) expressed their “deep concern about the devastating impact the war is having on food security globally, especially through sudden increases in the prices of grains, fuel and fertilizers, which are disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable.
The group expressed its support for the initiatives undertaken by the EU, Ukraine and Turkey to open grain export channels from the territory at war, one of the largest producers in the world, and specifically showed their “firm support” for the extension and implementation of the initiative for the transport of grain through the Black Sea.
The G7 committed to “support those most affected by Russia’s militarization of food”, through measures that guarantee their access to food and fertilizers.
They also reaffirmed their commitment to support the reconstruction and recovery of Ukrainesharing with the country their different experiences and agricultural knowledge, as well as contributing to the reconstruction of infrastructures and the access of their farmers to financing and seeds through international organizations.
The Group of 7 He also highlighted the importance of “learning lessons from the policies related to the COVID-19 to be able to respond to future crises without jeopardizing the sustainability of social protection systems”, given the unforeseen budgetary costs that these measures caused in some countries, putting pressure on their unemployment systems.
They advocated developing policies that include greater support so that workers can remain, enter or return to a job in any circumstance.
The pandemic has generated changes in the forms of production and consumption and the expansion of the use of digital platforms, accelerating a transformation of the labor market and communications.
To adapt to this new situation, the G7 advocates promoting “adequate opportunities to improve and update professional skills, to help reduce the risk of job insecurity, skill mismatches and gaps, and a shortage of skilled workers in our labor markets” .
(With information from EFE)
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