"On December 9, Russia donated 348.5 tons of flour intended to strengthen the school lunch program in Nicaragua. This year, Russia has delivered 196 tons of sunflower oil and will deliver another 63.5 tons of flour," the diplomatic mission said in a statement.
In 2021, Russia supplied 1,892 tons of wheat flour and 787 tons of sunflower oil to Nicaragua as part of a school feeding support program.
According to the representative of the UN World Food Programme in Nicaragua, Giorgia Testolin, the amount of Russian support to Nicaragua through this structure in 2019-2023 will be $11 million.
Taking into account Russia’s record 2022 harvest of 152.2 million tons of grain, Russian officials revealed earlier this month that the country is willing to provide 500 thousand tons of grain supplies free-of-charge to the nations most in need across the globe.