Bangladesh’s overseas minister stated firms making “runaway revenue” from the battle in Ukraine ought to compensate affected, much less developed nations.

“On this battle, some firms are making runaway revenue… power firms and the protection firms,” AK Abdul Momen advised CNBC’s Tanvir Gill on the sidelines of the G-20 overseas ministers summit in New Delhi.

“Due to this fact, we’ll argue that these firms which might be making runaway revenue, they need to dedicate not less than 20% of the revenue to these nations which might be most affected like us,” he added, with out naming particular firms.

His feedback come a bit of over a yr after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The World Financial institution estimated Ukraine’s economic system shrank by as a lot as 35% up to now yr.

The battle has additionally had main international financial ramifications, particularly for nations like Bangladesh which imports most of its power. The overseas minister stated about 95% of the nation’s power is imported.

“Naturally, we purchase power from overseas. The price of power has shot up, leading to excessive inflation. We try to regulate the inflation by offering subsidies and it’s costing the federal government,” stated Momen.

“Due to this fact, we wish the tip of the battle. We imagine in peaceable negotiations.”

The overseas minister additional famous the G-20 nations ought to make this compensation “necessary.”

“That is the G-20 leaders — they’re the leaders of the world … If I ask, they won’t give a rattling to it,” stated Momen. “However G-20 leaders, they’ll make it necessary for all these firms to pay a proportion of their runaway revenue to probably the most affected nations.”

Final yr, a United Nations report highlighted the fallout from Ukraine’s battle might dramatically worsen the financial outlook for growing nations already grappling with debt financing associated to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Rising commodity costs and commerce disruptions are exacerbating inflationary pressures and dampened development expectations are weighing on the restoration from Covid-19, with extreme implications for among the poorest and most weak nations,” stated the report.

“For a lot of growing nations already at excessive danger of debt misery, the spillover results of the battle could additional worsen debt vulnerabilities because of the growing balance-of-payments and financial pressures,” the UN stated.

In late January, Bangladesh secured $4.7 billion in loans from the Worldwide Financial Fund to assist cushion the blow of a looming monetary disaster.

It’ll get $3.3 billion below the IMF’s prolonged credit score facility and associated preparations, with a direct disbursement of about $476 million. The IMF govt board additionally accepted $1.4 billion below its newly created resilience and sustainability facility for local weather investments for Bangladesh, making it the primary Asian nation to entry it. 

“Bangladesh’s strong financial restoration from the pandemic has been interrupted by Russia’s battle in Ukraine, resulting in a pointy widening of Bangladesh’s present account deficit, depreciation of the Taka and a decline in overseas change reserves,” the IMF stated in a press release.

Bangladesh’s overseas minister additionally stated meals safety is one other drawback the nation is scuffling with that the G-20 leaders have to sort out. He was additionally crucial of the Western sanctions imposed on Russia, saying the measures are hurting the growing nations probably the most.

“We’re actually upset additionally as a result of this battle …. has damaged the provision chain in addition to monetary transition mechanism. And these are hurting us, it is hurting the poor growing nations rather a lot,” stated Momen.

“Subsequent time, after they give you the sanctions and counter sanctions they need to not less than seek the advice of with folks like us — the growing nations — to get some thought as how a lot it would damage them. And may create a mechanism in order that the nations that might be hurt- that they need to be compensated with.”