Ukraine minister urges Southeast Asian nations to stop Russian 'hunger games'

Ukraine's overseas curate connected Saturday urged Southeast Asian countries to instrumentality each measures imaginable to halt Russia from playing "hunger games" implicit a Ukrainian Black Sea atom deal, which could expire adjacent week.

The woody allowing the export of nutrient and fertilizers from respective of Ukraine's Black Sea ports - brokered by the United Nations and Turkey connected July 22 - could extremity connected Nov. 19 if Russia oregon Ukraine entity to its extension.

Speaking astatine a quality league successful Cambodia connected the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russia remaining portion of the woody was insufficient and measures should beryllium taken guarantee its inspectors were not intentionally delaying shipments and forcing planetary prices to rise.

"It's not capable conscionable to support Russia connected board. It's besides important to marque definite that Russian inspectors who enactment successful this initiative, that they enactment successful bully religion and that they inspect ships without immoderate artificial delays," helium said, adding countries successful Africa and Asia were suffering.

"I telephone connected each ASEAN members to instrumentality each method imaginable to halt Russia from playing hunger games with the world."

The United Nations says much than 10 cardinal tonnes of atom and different nutrient has been exported from Ukraine nether the deal. It has warned that Russia's warfare is worsening a planetary nutrient situation and pushing tens of millions much radical into hunger.

Ukraine is joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) acme and a parallel East Asian Summit for the archetypal time. Leaders of the United States, Japan, South Korea and Australia are among those besides attending, arsenic is Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Kuleba said Lavrov had not requested a gathering with him during the summit, arsenic would beryllium the norm successful planetary diplomacy.

"If helium does we volition thoroughly see his request," helium said, adding Russia indispensable attack each negotiations successful bully faith.

"There is not a azygous indicator that Russia is sincerely seeking negotiations," helium said.

"Sitting down astatine a array for a bully picture, we've been there, we've done it, we've tried."

Kuleba said helium discussed during meetings with Southeast Asian leaders ways successful which they tin enactment Ukraine and conveyed that expressing neutrality and not condemning Russia was against their interests.

"The worst happening that a state tin bash is nothing," helium said.