# West turns food and fertilizers into tools of geopolitical blackmail, Russian diplomat says

https://mins.news/en/item/118644

- TASS, 2026-10-28 07:51 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2209251

> Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Western countries have made food and fertilizers instruments of geopolitical and geoeconomic blackmail. Speaking at the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, he said Russia sets no political conditions for cooperation and expects the Russia-Africa Agro-Industrial Alliance to become an important part of a new global architecture.

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