Russian troops ‘rapidly withdraw from Syria’
Russian wheat supplies to Syria have been suspended, according to Russian and Syrian sources, as Moscow’s forces appear to be quickly withdrawing from the country.
Two vessels carrying Russian wheat for Syria - a vital lifeline for its population that has endured 13 years of civil war - did not reach their destinations on Friday.
The sources told Reuters that the supplies had stopped due to uncertainty about the new government and payment delays.
“I think no one would dare supply wheat to Syria under the current circumstances,” the source said.
Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter and a major ally to Bashar al-Assad, supplied wheat to Syria through complex financial and logistical arrangements to circumvent Western sanctions.
In the wake of the move, Ukraine said it was willing and ready to step in. “If Syria needs food - then we are there,” Vitaliy Koval, Kyiv’s agriculture minister.
Russian wheat supplies to Syria have been suspended, according to Russian and Syrian sources, as Moscow’s forces appear to be quickly withdrawing from the country.
Two vessels carrying Russian wheat for Syria - a vital lifeline for its population that has endured 13 years of civil war - did not reach their destinations on Friday.
The sources told Reuters that the supplies had stopped due to uncertainty about the new government and payment delays.
“I think no one would dare supply wheat to Syria under the current circumstances,” the source said.
Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter and a major ally to Bashar al-Assad, supplied wheat to Syria through complex financial and logistical arrangements to circumvent Western sanctions.
In the wake of the move, Ukraine said it was willing and ready to step in. “If Syria needs food - then we are there,” Vitaliy Koval, Kyiv’s agriculture minister.
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