The United States secured $4.5 billion for food security at the G7 summit, of which it contributed $2.76 billion.
The United States is also expected to contribute $150 million in new humanitarian development assistance to Africa, subject to Congressional approval, she added.
African governments have largely avoided taking sides in the European conflict, and have refused to join Western condemnations and sanctions.
Africans “don’t want to be pushed to choose sides” in a replay of the Cold War, but “need to know the facts”, Ms Thomas-Greenfield said.
If energy, climate change, pandemic and conflict are the root causes of the world’s food supply problems, the “most insidious source” is hunger intentionally used as a weapon of war, she said. declare.
“Russia has systematically taken over some of Ukraine’s most productive agricultural land, wasting the fields with mines and bombs,” Thomas-Greenfield said.
“Regardless of what you think of Russia, we all have a strong common interest in mitigating the impact of the war in Ukraine on food security,” she added.
French President Emmanuel Macron used similar language last week when he described the global food crisis as one of Russia’s “weapons of war” during a visit to Cameroon.
Moscow denies any responsibility for the food crisis and has accused Western sanctions of slowing its food and fertilizer exports.
Thomas-Greenfield refuted that claim on Friday, suggesting instead that Russia deliberately took steps to disrupt global food supply chains while blaming the West.
“We have seen no indication that Russia will accept a diplomatic solution” to the war in Ukraine, she said.