Egypt ready to host global centre for grain handling to face food crisis

Shoukry made the remarks in a recorded speech on Friday during the Voice of Global South Summit held under the Indian Group of 20 (G20) presidency.

The two-day virtual summit kicked off on Thursday with the participation of 120 countries, including non-G20 countries, to provide a platform for countries of the Global South to express their concerns regarding food and energy security amid the current geopolitical situation.

The Global South includes developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Oceania.

In September, Egypt stated at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York its readiness to establish a global grain handling centre given its unique geographical location, stressing that one out of five citizens in Africa suffer from hunger.

In his speech today, Shoukry stressed Egypt’s support for the goals of the G20 agricultural working group to draw a roadmap for food security and climate-smart agriculture.

Shoukry called for the G20 to take the initiative to require development partners to provide the required support for states of the Global South so that they can recover from the consecutive global challenges in the near future and address their development needs in the long term.