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

“On this struggle, some corporations are making runaway revenue… vitality corporations and the protection corporations,” AK Abdul Momen informed CNBC’s Tanvir Gill on the sidelines of the G-20 international ministers summit in New Delhi.

“Due to this fact, we are going to argue that these corporations which can be making runaway revenue, they need to dedicate not less than 20% of the revenue to these international locations which can be most affected like us,” he added, with out naming particular corporations.

His feedback come somewhat over a 12 months 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 12 months.

The struggle has additionally had main world financial ramifications, particularly for international locations like Bangladesh which imports most of its vitality. The international minister stated about 95% of the nation’s vitality is imported.

“Naturally, we purchase vitality from overseas. The price of vitality has shot up, leading to excessive inflation. We are attempting 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 struggle. We imagine in peaceable negotiations.”

The international minister additional famous the G-20 international locations ought to make this compensation “obligatory.”

“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 obligatory for all these corporations to pay a proportion of their runaway revenue to probably the most affected international locations.”

Final 12 months, a United Nations report highlighted the fallout from Ukraine’s struggle might dramatically worsen the financial outlook for growing international locations 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 a number of the poorest and most susceptible international locations,” stated the report.

“For a lot of growing international locations already at excessive threat of debt misery, the spillover results of the struggle could additional worsen debt vulnerabilities as a result of 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 underneath the IMF’s prolonged credit score facility and associated preparations, with a direct disbursement of about $476 million. The IMF government board additionally authorized $1.4 billion underneath 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 struggle in Ukraine, resulting in a pointy widening of Bangladesh’s present account deficit, depreciation of the Taka and a decline in international change reserves,” the IMF stated in an announcement.

Bangladesh’s international minister additionally stated meals safety is one other drawback the nation is combating that the G-20 leaders must deal with. He was additionally essential of the Western sanctions imposed on Russia, saying the measures are hurting the growing international locations probably the most.

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

“Subsequent time, once they provide you with the sanctions and counter sanctions they need to not less than seek the advice of with individuals like us — the growing international locations — to get some thought as how a lot it’ll damage them. And may create a mechanism in order that the international locations that may be hurt- that they need to be compensated with.”