affronts to everything we stand for is russia s invasion of ukraine and hughton s blockade of the ports that would otherwise be shipping food to the world s paris people. vladimir putin. at this moment, nearly 25 million tonnes of corn and wheat is piled up in silos across ukraine, held hostage by russia. britain supports the united nations plan to get that food out and we will invest over £370 million in global food security this year including £130 million for the world food programme. we want to work alongside our commonwealth friends to understand your needs, your priorities, and to deliverjoint solutions to a crisis that president putin has deliberately engineered. for now, it only remains for me to thank every commonwealth member for having given the united kingdom the chance to serve as during office and as i pass on this responsibility to the president, a close friend and partner, i know that he shares my boundless optimism about the future of the commonwealth at
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