Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that Western sanctions against Russia led to an increase in energy and food prices. Agency reports MOMENT.
According to him, Western countries were outraged by the events in Ukraine, but the sanctions against Russia caused energy, food and fertilizer prices to rise. This has led to serious economic difficulties in poor countries.
“Europe imported six times more fossil fuels from Russia than India, and when a $60,000-per-capita society feels it has to fend for itself, I accept that. [чувство] legally, one should not expect a $2,000-per-capita society to miss a beat,” Jaishankar explained.
Andrey Guryev, former head of mineral fertilizer producer PhosAgro aforementionedthat the food crisis could turn into a global food disaster.