this is why we cannot turn a blind eye, we cannot remain passive. we cannot hesitates and be reluctant. and then at the end of the day, say nothing for us, for me personally, this is not an option that india internet feel. and in recent weeks, we have made many decisions to support ukraine very, very quickly, and had to do that quickly. now, we have to assume that the battle against this global crisis will be one in which will be in it for the long haul. this is an issue that concerns me. i'm particularly worried about food security, which is why this was such an important issue at a g 7 meeting. russia has made a conscious choice to choose a military war against ukraine. and to turn this into a corn war on going off because of a war that has now been expanded to dish effect. many countries in ukraine with the block of ukrainian grain by blocking transport routes and storage

centers. by the invasion in the east and south of the country by russia, we now are confronted with an incredibly difficult problem. russia's activities mean that deliveries are not arriving prices are rising crazily and a terrible starvation is threatening humanity and we cannot be naive here. hold, this is not collateral damage. give you. this is a conscious choice is for an, a tool in a hybrid war that is being waged now. but right in russia is preparing the breeding ground for new crises that will de, stabilize into the international community in its response to russia's war. and this is going hand in hand with a mass dis information campaign which asserts observed things to try

to create a reversal of the victim perpetrator role. and i'm saying this because there are a lot of representatives of the international press here. it's hi, there is no sanction. and so on, grain there's no sanctions on medication or international humanitarian health. the sanctions are directed to the center of power of the russian regime to try to stop this war, which breaks international war, but grain it doesn't come into the world isn't being delivered because russia has he purposely chosen to block the trade of this grain. if they wanted to change it, they could decide from one day to the next to allow this going to be exported to where it needs to go. but despite this, this narrative that it is sanctions that are allowing food prices to go up so much

is being spread. and this is why we are so vehemently against the way the social debate is being manipulated and rapid response. and we have come up with a rapid response mechanism within the g 7 to address this issue. we want to coordinate to ensure that people in countries that are most direly affected by this, where these people are thinking every day as to where they can get millet and have no time to research into why the situation is the way it is that we go to these countries and that we provide reliable information and access to a free, independent press to something that in a digitized world is more easily possible than it was some years ago. oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. but i want to be a little unclear here. one use, there are reasons why this propaganda in some parts of the world is

falling on fertile ground in some countries in the global south. as the g 7, we don't necessarily pepsico and get instant trust. we have to earn the trust in that some of these countries have a 141 countries have condemned the russian attack in the united nations. but in states that share common values, we hear again and again that this is a european conflict. where were you when we needed your saw the da to where we are? and that is why i made it clear when i spoke to united nations that we have taken this on board. and we have not forgotten what's been said. and that is why we are acting in a concerted manner. if we want to prevent russia from dividing the international community with their narrative, it won't be enough to convince them with words alone that we need to act in recent

days. as a result, we've agreed on a number of steps that we're going to take together. the countries that are most threatened will be given humanitarian aid in order to prevent an acute solomon next our vacation disaster, or at least to try to mitigate this. we will share early warning information about crises that are brewing if we recognize them early enough, we can help them and stop them. we're going to work on the production storage and export of grain from ukraine and look at ways in which we can help make this work better. moving forward, we are looking for climate friendlier, more sustainable agricultural production. and in the last 2 days, the g 7 meeting of the agricultural ministers to the place where the german agriculture minister as well,

has launched the necessary steps to make this happen. and we are also working to ensure that food supply is not a tool used any anti nash good to restrict trade. as part of this conflict, a global alliance for food security will be established, which the development ministers in their g 70 meeting coming up will be something they're hoping to get off the ground. but above and beyond the current crisis, we as g 7 are proving here that we are going to act in order to mitigate and overcome global crises. i am pleased, and this is something that i think he's been forgotten a little bit, but a crisis. one crisis doesn't go away just because another one is there, the world is not simple in that way. but looking at the coasted action plan, we have agreed to verify that the world wide vaccination campaign needs to make further progress. and it's not just about providing vaccines,

but if we're seeing a bottleneck, a day when it comes to actually getting these vaccines in people's arms, it's just about the last, what part of it till they get to the finish line every 40. and there are hundreds of millions of people who still need a vaccine and we need to ensure that they get vaccinated before their vaccines expire. we have offered the financial help to mobilize this one yet. stop many countries who need greater stability in the face of climate change. and once again, we cannot completely sit off this environmental crisis, but we can mitigate it and contain it data. and every year counts every measure, county. and that is why it is so important that we look to the future. now, with the latest technology, we can know when they will go will be massive flooding. and if we can respond in

advance and not just send out a humanitarian aid, once the damage is done, we can actually save lives and carry out damage management. ladies and gentlemen, you can see that there was a huge agenda, but that's why the moment has come to tackle this agenda together. and i think that is the strength that we have at the moment that we are not in a situation where some people are thinking, you know, how can we tweak this thing and how can we tweak that thing. but rather that in a concerted strategic manner, we can look at where we need to act, how we can bundle our strengths to tackle these major global challenges and ensure that we don't not double up. but rather in mind that ensure that we take a targeted strategic approach because so much is at stake for that is the responsibility of the strongest industrialized countries. it is,

it's kind of fight under democracy because there isn't a 2nd g 7 and no one is going to do this for us. we decide whether or not in 2022 in a complex, incredibly difficult world. we at least if i can say that we've done everything we can in order to set our course for the future. and we have to be honest, here g 7 is not going to be able to solve all of the problems out there. but we do share a common responsibility is the strongest industrialized countries in the democracy is. but also as those countries who in the past would have benefited from a world economic order that wasn't always fair. and that's why it's important for me as the president of the g 7 foreign ministers conference to say that we don't just define ourselves by what we are against against what wars

that go against international law. we protest, but rather we need to define ourselves by what we are in favor of what responsibility we are prepared to take on for a fair, international order based on the rule of law. we have for democracy in human rights, but we are also in favor of policy that has human beings at its heart. having human beings at its heart leads me to my final remarks, namely that this g 7 foreign ministers meeting. even if you only seeing the foreign ministers on t v, there were many, many people behind the scenes making it possible. so i want to say thank you to everyone here, particularly in shirley's re carstein in the north of germany who have hosted us here for 3 days. who are very friendly to us. even though i could say that we don't have the least complex guests anywhere in the world to host that or to put it

mildly. and i want to say thank you to all of the security people, the law enforcement staff who ensured this here in an area that isn't very easy to keep under surveillance. security in today's day and age is the basis of democratic states being able to work together. and this includes all of the hundreds of people on the ground you are active in catering in cleaning for us. but also in the german foreign ministry. all of the other members of staff, all of my colleagues, and i also want to say thank you to all of my foreign minister colleagues who have come along and it's been a real success and you all made it possible. thank you very much. mm hm. okay, we've been listening to an a lena bear book, the german foreign minister. we're going to stay tuned here. i'll be speaking with benjamin alvarez group here in the studio shortly. going to here. question is

coming to miss barbara from the pers these far as quickly as possible, but when i spoke to foreign minister caliber, he said there can be no outcome that doesn't include the return of all ukrainian territory including crimea. so does germany agree that as part of a settlement, all of ukraine must be liberated? we have on the line, the chancellor and myself as everybody from mere g 7 that ukraine decides by themself, abode they are country because it's their territory. and we support every measure and every step they are taking to ensure that people in ukraine and this is also our common goal as g 7 can live as everybody else in europe again in peace, but also insecurity and freedom in their own country. and we will support ukraine

on this pass with whatever it take to ensure that they have freedom and peace in their own country. and we have also made very clear that it's our goal. that rashness bridge was international law that the imperial strategy, often aggression, which breeches, international peace order and law will not succeed. i don't, i don't the i'm pardon, pardon, as matrices, co customer funded. i did one smith from a i d. 's next. i'm sorry this to lindsey i'm from, i'm the minister you spoke of a food war of corn wars. you know, could you tell us specifically as possible what options are being considered to ensure that this grain that is stuck in ukrainian ports be exported out of the country and in that connection, india has said that they're prepared to ban grain exports. does that make the crisis even more difficult?

well, 1st let me respond to the 2nd part of your question. it shows you just how far along we are in this crisis already. and that's why i try to make it clear in my statement that it's not just about preventing a starvation crisis in a few months time. it's about mitigating the impact that we're feeling today. because even without this war, we had problems showing in showing food security across the globe. and fiesta evasion is already a risk. and now it's even worse. that's why we have to join forces. the easiest response would be if russia were to stop its attack on ukraine so that we can ensure that the grain be exported and that the food prices at least normalized somewhat across the globe. we got that in mind, but i'm afraid we have to see quite clearly that we cannot assume that's going to happen. and the russian president is not raising our hopes in that regard. and that's why the 25000000 tons of grain are still stored in ukraine. in port,

this is the green that the world needs so urgently. and it's going to be incredibly important to act export this because otherwise it won't just be this harvest that will fail. but the next harvest will fail because it can't be brought into the sailors, which are full of them. and you said to i should be as specific as possible. so that's why we have looked together at what alternatives we have to maritime shipping. normally $5.00 to $6000000.00 tons that could be, i see an export says to per month, but some that can only be done through maritime shipping. so now we're looking at the rail law approach. we don't do it, but we need to be aware of the fact that we can only get the far less grain coming out of ukraine. but every ton that is exploited can help us to mitigate this starvation crisis ahead.