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Dr. Frédéric Schneider: “The most exposed countries are Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan, Gaza and the West Bank”
ByTheEast: What are the short and medium-term threats to countries in North Africa and in the Middle East, regarding their fertilizer supply and food security?
Dr. Frédéric Schenider: In the coming two to three months, the most acute pressure is on fertiliser availability and prices for the spring and early summer planting seasons. Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, and Iraq all rely to varying degrees on Gulf-sourced urea and phosphate fertilisers,...
I stressed the necessity of concerted efforts between the army, security forces, municipalities and residents to consolidate security and stability and eliminate the risky concept of autonomous security, at a time when the state is working to establish security and end the war. Diplomacy is a war without bloodshed, while war is bloodshed, destruction and devastation."
Joseph Aoun
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ByTheEast: What have been the major transformations in maritime transport over the past 20 years?
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