02:55A ceremony to mark the handover of a delivery of grain from the Russian government to Zimbabwe took place in Harare on Wednesday.
Footage displays Russian Ambassador to Zimbabwe and Malawi Nikolai Krasilnikov with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, holding the donation certificate, shaking hands, and talking to each other while standing beside sacks of grain.
"The government and the people of Russia have yet again extended a hand of friendship, solidarity, and support. This time through a donation of 25,000 tonnes of wheat and 23,000 metric tonnes of fertilisers," claimed Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe.
"I express my deep gratitude to my dear brother, the President of the Russian Federation, his Excellency, Vladimir Putin, for the generous and timely donation to Zimbabwe," Mnangagwa expressed, also congratulating Putin 'for years of resounding victory in the just-ended elections.'
"Zimbabwe can be assured of food security from all efforts, but also from complementary efforts from the Russian Federation," stated Anxious Masuka, Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement of Zimbabwe.
A programme providing free grain shipments to numerous African nations, including Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Mali, Eritrea, Somalia, and the Central African Republic, was implemented by Russia in 2023, following an announcement by Vladimir Putin.
It came after the Black Sea grain deal, signed in Istanbul in July 2022 between representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations, expired on July 17, 2023. That agreement allowed for the export of both Ukrainian grain and Russian food and fertilisers, although Moscow repeatedly insisted the latter part of the deal was not being implemented.
An estimated 2.7 million rural Zimbabweans need food assistance, according to a January assessment by the UN World Food Programme.
'Hand of friendship, solidarity, and support' - Pres Mnangagwa welcomes grain delivery sent from Russia to Zimbabwe
A ceremony to mark the handover of a delivery of grain from the Russian government to Zimbabwe took place in Harare on Wednesday.
Footage displays Russian Ambassador to Zimbabwe and Malawi Nikolai Krasilnikov with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, holding the donation certificate, shaking hands, and talking to each other while standing beside sacks of grain.
"The government and the people of Russia have yet again extended a hand of friendship, solidarity, and support. This time through a donation of 25,000 tonnes of wheat and 23,000 metric tonnes of fertilisers," claimed Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe.
"I express my deep gratitude to my dear brother, the President of the Russian Federation, his Excellency, Vladimir Putin, for the generous and timely donation to Zimbabwe," Mnangagwa expressed, also congratulating Putin 'for years of resounding victory in the just-ended elections.'
"Zimbabwe can be assured of food security from all efforts, but also from complementary efforts from the Russian Federation," stated Anxious Masuka, Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement of Zimbabwe.
A programme providing free grain shipments to numerous African nations, including Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Mali, Eritrea, Somalia, and the Central African Republic, was implemented by Russia in 2023, following an announcement by Vladimir Putin.
It came after the Black Sea grain deal, signed in Istanbul in July 2022 between representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations, expired on July 17, 2023. That agreement allowed for the export of both Ukrainian grain and Russian food and fertilisers, although Moscow repeatedly insisted the latter part of the deal was not being implemented.
An estimated 2.7 million rural Zimbabweans need food assistance, according to a January assessment by the UN World Food Programme.
A ceremony to mark the handover of a delivery of grain from the Russian government to Zimbabwe took place in Harare on Wednesday.
Footage displays Russian Ambassador to Zimbabwe and Malawi Nikolai Krasilnikov with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Minister of Agriculture, Anxious Masuka, holding the donation certificate, shaking hands, and talking to each other while standing beside sacks of grain.
"The government and the people of Russia have yet again extended a hand of friendship, solidarity, and support. This time through a donation of 25,000 tonnes of wheat and 23,000 metric tonnes of fertilisers," claimed Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe.
"I express my deep gratitude to my dear brother, the President of the Russian Federation, his Excellency, Vladimir Putin, for the generous and timely donation to Zimbabwe," Mnangagwa expressed, also congratulating Putin 'for years of resounding victory in the just-ended elections.'
"Zimbabwe can be assured of food security from all efforts, but also from complementary efforts from the Russian Federation," stated Anxious Masuka, Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement of Zimbabwe.
A programme providing free grain shipments to numerous African nations, including Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Mali, Eritrea, Somalia, and the Central African Republic, was implemented by Russia in 2023, following an announcement by Vladimir Putin.
It came after the Black Sea grain deal, signed in Istanbul in July 2022 between representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations, expired on July 17, 2023. That agreement allowed for the export of both Ukrainian grain and Russian food and fertilisers, although Moscow repeatedly insisted the latter part of the deal was not being implemented.
An estimated 2.7 million rural Zimbabweans need food assistance, according to a January assessment by the UN World Food Programme.