Nations must not allow Russia's 77-day-old invasion of Ukraine - a major grain exporter whose ports are blocked - to trigger food shortages and further price hikes that would spell disaster for millions more people in the word, Italy has warned.
"We need to work to limit the impact of the war, especially in terms of a food crisis," Di Maio told his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita during talks in Marrakesh on Wednesday.
"Italy is strongly engaged on this front," Di Maio said.
"We are working with the (Rome-based) United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation to mitigate the impact (of the Russia-Ukraine conflict) on the most vulnerable populations," Di Maio added.
