The halt of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, previously brokered by the UN and Turkey, has caused global food prices to surge after months of stability.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the 6th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA), in Astana, Kazakhstan October 13, 2022.(photo credit: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via Reuters)ByKRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE