International leaders need to prepare for the war in Ukraine to last and consider its long-term consequences, France’s foreign minister has said.
Speaking as he arrived for the second day of the G7 summit in Germany, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said leaders now have to deal with the war in Ukraine as a long-lasting conflict that will spawn serious consequences around the world.
“I’d also make the point that we now have to deal with a conflict that is going to last and therefore also to deal in the long term with the consequences of this conflict at the international level and particularly in the field of food security,” he said.
The French foreign minister added that international conversations must focus on the increase of food prices as organisations warn of a global food crisis arising from the war in Ukraine.
Mr Le Drian said G7 countries are not at war with Russia, but that in this war “there is an aggressor and a victim, and we are supporting the one being attacked.”
