
The group of seven of the world's leading economies warned Saturday that the war in Ukraine is creating a global food and energy crisis that threatens poor countries and that urgent measures are needed to unlock grain reserves that Russia is preventing from exiting Ukraine.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who organised the G-7 senior diplomats' meeting, said the war had turned into a "global crisis".
She said up to 50 million people, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, will face hunger in the coming months unless ways are found to unlock Ukrainian wheat, which accounts for a significant share of supply worldwide.
In statements issued at the end of the three-day meeting on the German Baltic Sea coast, the G-7 pledged to provide further humanitarian assistance to the most at risk.
"Russia's aggression has generated one of the worst food and energy crises in the history of recent decades, which now threatens those in the most fragile positions across the globe," the Sevengroup said in a statement.