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ASTANA (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the development of wheat and fertiliser cargo transport routes in Asia during a visit to Kazakhstan on Thursday, as Russia seeks to forge new export routes due to Western sanctions. Chairing a conference on agricultural cooperation with Kazakh President Tokayev, Putin said Russia would have about 60 million metric tons of wheat available for exports from this year s strong crop. We are confident, certainly, that we will retain the No.1 spot globally in terms of exports of this important commodity, wheat, Putin said. He called for further development of shipping routes to large Asian markets such as China and India. Western sanctions on Russian banks and companies have made it it more difficult for Russian exporters to ship grains and arrange payments, although the sanctions do not specifically target such commodities. Moscow has also reportedly asked exporters to adopt a minimum wheat export price in order to protect farmer
Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the development of wheat and fertiliser cargo transport routes in Asia during a visit to Kazakhstan on Thursday, as Russia seeks to forge new export routes due to Western sanctions. Chairing a conference on agricultural cooperation with Kazakh President Tokayev, Putin said Russia would have about 60 million metric tons of wheat available for exports from this year's strong crop.