On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that concerns being expressed by Indian and Chinese leaders directly with the Russian leader about the war in Ukraine are a reflection of the global concerns about the impacts of its aggression.
Concern over Russia’s aggression
Mr. Blinken told reporters at a joint media availability with the Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi that what we have been hearing from China, and India is reflective of concerns all over the world about the effects of the Russian aggression on Ukraine, not only on the Ukrainian people, which has undoubtedly been devastating but on countries and people across the planet.
As a response to one of the questions related to the concerns being expressed by India and China, he said that the aggression is not just on Ukraine and its people, but against the principles of international relations that help in maintaining peace and security.
Mr. Blinken was asked if he sees the entire scenario as a major and significant shift for Russia on the international stage. He argued that the UN Charter should be front and center. The number one violator of it currently is Russia. Therefore, there are real concerns that are being heard from countries all over the world and all of the impacts that this is having, for instance, food security.
Blinken also said that a lot of time has been put, in recent months, into attempting to address food security challenges ignited by Russia’s aggression. Covid and Climate change were already present to pose a challenge to food security, and now there are over 200 million people who have severe food insecurity.
He said that world leaders are feeling the same thing because their people are feeling the same, and also that this aggression by Russia is impacting people across the planet, which would put further pressure on Russia to put an end to it.
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