Macky Sall: "Africa is a victim of war and the risk of famine is there"

LE FIGARO.- You are the last head of state to have met Vladimir Putin, how did you find him?

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Macky SALL.

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We were well received, me and the chairman of the African Union commission who accompanied me.

With President Putin we spent more than three hours.

He listened to our message.

I spoke on behalf of Africa, of 1.4 billion Africans and I wanted him to realize that this war in Ukraine has disastrous consequences on food and the risk of famine.

The consequences of this conflict must be combined with those of the sanctions imposed on Russia, which have worsened the supply situation in Africa.

Because for the most part, wheat and fertilizers came from Ukraine and Russia.

I told him that, for us, it was necessary to allow Ukraine to export these seeds in order to regulate the market,

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