Double insult to the Russophobes: Syria to get 5,000 tons of grain from Russian Crimea

RT
Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:28 UTC

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Thousands of tons of Russian grain will be delivered to Syria next year, according to the head of the Crimean region Yuri Gotsanyuk. Exports from the Russia's Black Sea peninsula to the war-ravaged country started two years ago.

The first batch of grain will be delivered in early January, Gotsanyuk told reporters on Tuesday. He added that Crimea expects more citrus fruit shipments from Syria. "We are in talks on more supplies," he said, explaining that citrus from Syria arrived in early 2019.

On Monday, the first batch of olive oil from Syria was supplied to Crimea. It will be later sold in other Russian regions.

Syria, which is facing problems with grain supplies due to Western sanctions, has a desperate need for bread.

In April, the sides signed a memorandum on trade and economic cooperation. They have agreed to set up a joint trading platform and ship operator for ensuring regular maritime freight traffic.

Comment: This isn't just good news for Crimea and Syria both; it's epic trolling. Russia is using Crimea (which the West considers to be illegally annexed to Russia) to supply aid to Syria (the object of Western intervention and sanctions, which the West lost to superior Russian military strategy and diplomacy). Blood must be boiling in the hardened hearts of the Western foreign policy establishment.