Ukraine seeks help from ASEAN and alleged Russia as “hunger game” player

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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (AP) Nov 12 Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleva has urged Southeast Asian nations to seek political and material support in their war against Russia, Moscow said on Saturday. He announced the delivery of grain. It has been accused of playing “hunger games” with the world by delaying the world and other agricultural products.

Kleba told reporters at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit that the world is increasingly turning against Russia over a deal allowing exports of grain and fertilizer from Ukraine that expires on Nov,19. He said there was no reason to put pressure on Africa and Asia. Kleba accused Russian inspectors not only of pushing the deal but also of “silent sabotage”, saying they were deliberately dragging their feet to let the goods through. 

Russia “must not only remain part of the initiative but also instruct its inspectors to act in good faith and avoid any measures that hinder or impede the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets,” he said. he added,“Russia should stop playing hunger games with the world.”

Kreba’s nation was invited to her ASEAN summit for the first time this year and signed a peace deal with a group of nations with a total population of about 700 million.
Kureba said the signing of the agreement with ASEAN sent a strong message of support to the group.

ASEAN is made up of Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, and Myanmar, but Myanmar’s leaders said the ongoing violence and lack of effort in the country have led to the current meeting. 

Kureba said he would use the Phnom Penh summit opportunity as an “Asia Tour”, meeting with ASEAN member states and non-member countries like Australia, and begging for more political and material aid. By improving food security and trade. He delivered the speech on the day US President Joe Biden arrived at the meeting, which was also attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.