UN Official Urges Iran, US to Let Fertilisers Through Hormuz Strait
The UN says 45 million people could face severe food insecurity unless five fertiliser vessels a day resume transit.
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"I am constantly repeating to the two countries, Iran and the United States, that they must continue their negotiations for a comprehensive agreement. But this agreement should not prevent the immediate establishment of an exceptional, limited and temporary solution for fertilizers," said Jorge Moreira da Silva, coordinator of the UN working group on the Strait of Ormuz, in an interview at the AFP in Antalya, where the major annual COP31 climate…
Waiting for an agreement to end the war, the U.S. and Iran must "immediately" allow the normal transit of fertilizers through the Strait of Ormuz, whose blockade triggered food prices in many developing countries, said a senior UN official on Saturday.
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Iran and the United States should "immediately" allow fertiliser shipments through the Strait of Hormuz to ease the crisis in some of the most vulnerable countries, a senior UN official said Saturday. Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of the UN Office for Project Services, told the COP31 climate talks in the Turkish resort city of Antalya that the lack of fertilisers could push millions into poverty.
COP31: UN official urges Iran, US to let fertilisers through Hormuz Strait
Pending an agreement to end the war, the United States and Iran must immediately allow the normal transit of fertilizers through the Ormuz Strait – a blockade that has led to a sharp rise in food prices in many developing countries – a senior UN official said on Saturday. "All [...]
A senior United Nations official calls for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Ormuz to transport fertilizers. Without this, millions of people... Read the article Fertilizers blocked in Ormuz, the UN presses Washington and Tehran to act quickly appeared first on Le Singulier.
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