Ministers gather for food security conference in Berlin

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Foreign, agriculture and development ministers from around the world are gathering in Berlin on Friday for a conference on food security amid concerns the Ukraine conflict could cause hunger in some countries.

Representatives from 40 countries, including the hardest-hit nations like Nigeria, Tunisia and Indonesia, will attend the meeting under the title "Uniting for Global Food Security" ahead of a G7 leaders summit in Bavaria starting on Sunday.

As a result of Russia's invasion of top agricultural exporter Ukraine, grain deliveries across the Black Sea have been stalled by minefields and a Russian military blockade of Ukrainian ports.

The crisis has seen food prices soar and contributed to the global spike in inflation.

The United Nations has warned that it is currently affecting poorer African countries the most because of their heavy dependence on Russian and Ukrainian wheat.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday accused Russia of using hunger "quite deliberately as a weapon of war" and "taking the whole world hostage". 

Source-Enca News