UN official warns of potential food crisis if Strait of Hormuz plan stalls

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UN Under-Secretary-General Jorge Moreira da Silva warned that a failure to reach a US-Iran agreement on a UN-backed fertilizer transit plan through the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a food security crisis in Asia and Africa. The UN taskforce, established in March to facilitate the passage of vital agricultural inputs like urea and sulphur, requires an…

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