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Kamala Harris accused by Russian Embassy in Accra for misinformation at the Jubilee House presser

Russian Embassy in Accra has disputed some allegations made by American Vice President Kamala Harris during her visit in Ghana for three days.

The precise remarks related to concerns about food security in relation to the war between Russia and Ukraine, with Harris allegedly blaming Moscow of starting a scenario where grain exports have been halted.

The Embassy tweeted a picture that referred to Harris’ remarks as being false and listed what they claimed to be the facts of Russia’s grain supply.

Their tweet was captioned: “The recent visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris to Ghana hasn’t gone without another portion of anti-Russian fakes that do not stand a simple fact-checking.”

What Kamala reportedly said:

“In terms of the Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine. There have been a number of impacts globally and to the United States included. In particular, it relates to the prevalence of our ability to have access to certain foods, and grain in particular, globally has been an issue.”

The facts as stated by the Embassy

FACT: European officials acknowledged that Ukraine has already supplied 53 million tonnes of grain and other food products – its annual export amount (for comparison: in 2019-2020 season – 54.9 M tonnes, in 2020-2021 – 44.9 M tonnnes.

QUESTION: Why is then Africa facing food insecurity?

ANSWER: 1) Because of EU and US sanctions that block the RUSSIAN grain export.

2) Because 45% of the total volume of grain exported from Ukraine went to Europe and only 3% went to Africa.

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