French Foreign Minister Calls for Concerted Efforts to Prevent Global Food Crisis
![French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and his Lebanese counterpart Nassif Hitti, hold a news conference following their meeting at the Lebanese foreign ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July. 23, 2020. Le Drian met with Lebanon's president Thursday at the start of his two-day visit to the Mediterranean country that is witnessing the worst economic crisis of its modern history. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and his Lebanese counterpart Nassif Hitti, hold a news conference following their meeting at the Lebanese foreign ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July. 23, 2020. Le Drian met with Lebanon's president Thursday at the start of his two-day visit to the Mediterranean country that is witnessing the worst economic crisis of its modern history. - Sputnik International, 1920, 21.03.2022](https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e5/01/11/1081791336_0:228:3073:1956_1920x0_80_0_0_df152144956b94c779c93a90b3165330.jpg)
“We must take into account this new alignment quickly. Not only we, the Europeans, have to join our efforts, but also, we, the Europeans together with international agencies and with all our partners, including non-profit organisations, to avoid something bigger than the war, that is, a global food crisis,” Le Drian said ahead of an EU foreign affairs council meeting in Brussels.
“We will exchange views with our Ukrainian counterpart, the agriculture minister, after lunch to discuss Europe's support for Ukraine, and the situation at the international level, given the risks in terms of food that this war can lead to on European soil, on Ukrainian soil,” he said at a doorstep of an EU agriculture and fisheries council meeting in Brussels.