CAIRO, 06 April 2022, (TON): The Russia-Ukraine conflict has had many negative effects on Arab countries, especially in terms of grain imports, said “Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit.”

At a press conference with the Russian and Egyptian foreign ministers in Moscow, Aboul Gheit added that many Arab countries import wheat, cereals and grains in very large quantities from Russia.

An Arab delegation comprising Aboul Gheit and the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Algeria and Sudan held talks in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before heading to Warsaw for talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Aboul Gheit said “conflict has caused a steep rise in fuel and oil prices that has hindered development efforts and economic planning in many Arab countries.”

He added “prices are rising in many parts in the Arab region, in a way that affects the welfare of the Arab citizen, and the matter leads to more negative effects.”

“We do not look at the matter only from the perspective of the Arabs, there is a sense of the need to defend peace and stability in the world and restore international conditions to their normal form.”