Russia is a key guarantor of global food security: Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia remains one of the key actors when it comes to guaranteeing global food security. Speaking at a meeting with representatives of the Russian regions in Moscow, Lavrov noted that the previous meeting in this format held in November last year focused on international region-to-region cooperation in agriculture – a program known as Agricultural Diplomacy. "The recommendations made during that meeting became instrumental in the relevant regional agencies’ work, providing a roadmap for their activities," he said. Lavrov emphasized that “Russian regions’ robust engagement has contributed to the progressive consolidation of the country’s standing in foreign agricultural markets, deepening our cooperation with Global Majority countries on a broader scale.” "Russia has been performing its obligations under international contracts in good faith. We are among the key actors when it comes to guaranteeing food security," he stressed. He outlined providing humanitarian support to individuals sharing traditional Russian spiritual and moral values as another topic on the meeting's agenda. "The Foreign Ministry participates in the work of the center that facilitates the relocation and adaptation of foreign nationals who decide to take advantage of the opportunity created by the Executive Order on Traditional Values to move to Russia and obtain Russian citizenship," he said. Lavrov noted that the main goal is to create transparent, understandable and convenient conditions for moving to Russia and adapting for people from countries where "unnatural models of behavior, lifestyles and destructive neoliberal attitudes" are being "aggressively imposed, causing serious damage to people’s moral health."