On September 26, 2023, the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of India hosted an Interactive Session on the implementation of Ukraine’s Peace Formula (Section 2: "Food Security") in a hybrid format.

Representatives of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection, the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, scientific and expert circles of India, the diplomatic corps accredited in New Delhi, as well as the UN World Food Programme in India took part in the discussion.

Key signals of the participants of the Interactive Session:

• Russian terrorist attacks on food infrastructure have a direct impact on global food security, leading to rising global food prices and social and political instability. At the same time, it is the countries of the Global South that suffer the most from these actions of the Russian Federation.
• Taking into account the scale of negative consequences due to Russia's blocking of food supplies from Ukraine, the importance of joining international organizations as well as India, as a leader of the Global South, to the implementation of Section 2 "Food security" of Ukraine’s Peace Formula was emphasized.
• Ukraine highly appreciates the support provided by partner countries and international organizations aimed at restoring the work of agricultural capacities, trade liberalization, logistics (primarily from Ukraine's neighbouring countries).
• The participants of the event were informed about the volumes and logistics of the export of Ukrainian food products, in particular the measures Ukraine is taking to develop alternative supply routes (including the involvement of partner countries), the development of the Danube maritime cluster and the operation of the temporary maritime corridor.
• The security in the Black Sea is important for world food markets and global food security. Ukraine is interested in building a stable security architecture in the region, ensuring freedom of navigation, an effective system of transport and communications, and calls on foreign partners to join this process.
• In the framework of overcoming the consequences of Russian military aggression, foreign partners were invited to join the implementation of projects for the restoration and/or modernization of irrigation systems in Ukraine, demining of the Black Sea waters, humanitarian demining (agricultural land, transport infrastructure, civil and critical infrastructure, as well as private households).
• Particular attention was focused on the humanitarian initiative "Grain from Ukraine", which allowed the export of food to the countries that need it most (Somalia, Yemen, Ethiopia, etc.). Partners were invited to join the implementation of the humanitarian initiative "Grain from Ukraine" as well as to participate in the 2nd "International Summit on Food Security" in November 2023.

It was agreed to continue the exchange of relevant information and to hold additional separate meetings in order to work out practical steps for the implementation of Section 2 of the Ukrainian Peace Formula “Food Security".