Ending Ukraine conflict critical for global energy, food security: US official – Times of India – India Times English News

New Delhi: Visiting Deputy Secretary of the US Treasury, discussing food insecurity and rising energy prices, and calling for efforts to increase supply chain resilience Wally Adimo Told Indian officials to end Russiaattack of Ukraine It will be important to address these issues.
According to US officials, adeimo The US also shared views with India on ways to put “downward pressure” on energy prices for consumers and businesses in India, the US and globally. Adeyemo reiterated the importance of well-supplied global energy markets, even as the US works with partners such as India to expand access to sources of renewable energy “which will reduce our reliance on fossil fuels over time”. will do”.
During his visit to Delhi, Adeyemo met the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and talked to the top officials of the PMO, thing and the Ministry of Petroleum. Earlier addressing a gathering at IIT-Bombay, the Deputy Treasury Secretary had said that there is no evidence so far of Indian firms bypassing the sanctions imposed on Russia.
“The Deputy Secretary also discussed ways in which the United States and India can work together to address shared global challenges such as food insecurity and high energy prices. The Deputy Secretary raised that ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was key to addressing these issues,” the US said in a readout.