Buying food from Russia is not prohibited, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday as he arrived for the EU foreign ministers talks in Luxembourg.
"Our sanctions do not target food, do not target fertilizers. Anybody that wants to buy Russian food and fertilizers, they can do it - no obstacles," he said.
"We have to warn again about the risk of a great famine in the world, especially in Africa," Borrell pointed out.
According to Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov, the effect of the “waivers,” which the initiators of the sanctions insistently talk about, is, in fact, illusory. "Western banking, insurance, and trade institutions, intimidated by possible consequences for violators of restrictions, refuse any cooperation," he said in his article published by The National Interest magazine.
