インド：食料品輸出を頑張りたいと言う一方で

　インドは、このロシア・ウクライナ戦争で世界的な食糧危機が発生しそうななか、うちなら穀物、もっと輸出できるよ！とアピール。もし言うほどに輸出できるなら、まあともかく数量だけでもなんとかなる―まあねえ、主たる食物がコムギからコメに一気に変わったりする破目に陥るところもあるかもしれないが―それはそれで精神を病みそうだが―。

BBC Ukraine war: Can India feed the world? 19 Apr 2022 By Soutik Biswas

「Last week, Indian PM Narendra Modi told US President Joe Biden that India was ready to ship food to the rest of the world following supply shocks and rising prices due to the war in Ukraine.

Mr Modi said India had "enough food" for its 1.4 billion people, and it was "ready to supply food stocks to the world from tomorrow" if the World Trade Organization (WTO) allowed.」

「Russia and Ukraine are two of the world's major wheat exporters and account for about a third of global annual wheat sales. The two countries also account for 55% of the global annual sunflower oil exports, and 17% of exports of maize and barley. 」

　―いうほど行けるかね、そもそも肥料が足りないよねえ、という指摘があるにせよ、まあ、供給能力にそうまで不足はない…かもしれない。

　そんな世界人民のためにありがたいインドだが、ロシアがディスカウントしてくれてるようで、結構ロシアの石油を買ってるよねえというのは―うん…。

BBC Ukraine crisis: Why India is buying more Russian oil 15 Apr 2022 By Shruti Menon

「As pressure continues on India to maintain its distance from Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine, there has been a rise in oil imports from Russia.

The Indian government has defended the move to buy Russian oil, and said what it buys from Russia in a month is less than what Europe buys from Russia in an afternoon.」

「Mr Lavrov told his Indian counterparts that Russia was willing to discuss any goods that India wanted to buy and urged that payments be made in roubles.」

　やっぱりここでもルーブルが顔を出す。

　それはともかく、インドとしては、世界に食糧輸出で恩を売りたい一方で、安めに原油を仕入れてその差額分、将来の成長のために使いたい―だろうなあと。