{"id":1620,"date":"2023-08-25T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1620"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"foreign-minister-blames-sanctions-for-plunge-of-belarus-potash-sales-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1620\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign minister blames sanctions for plunge of Belarus&#8217; potash sales in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 25,&nbsp;<em>BPN<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Belarus is ready to make &#8220;a significant contribution to maintaining international food security,&#8221; Foreign Minister Siarhiej Alejnik told participants at a summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, Belarus&#8217; share in the global potash market fell from 20 to nine percent, he said linking the decrease to the Western sanctions. The foreign minister was speaking at the summit of BRICS, an economic bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted a global shortage of fertilizers and higher prices for crop nutrients. Belarus&#8217; share in the African market of potash fertilizers plunged from 42 to three percent which in turn led to a 16-percent drop in the grain harvest in Africa, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Non-standard solutions and new tools&#8221; are needed for &#8220;new logistics chains,&#8221; the foreign ministry&#8217;s press office quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk is ready to join the &#8220;BRICS efforts to expand mutual settlements in national currencies and create common payments instruments,&#8221; he said, pointing to risks arising from the dominance of the US dollar and euro in international trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Developing countries must be protected from arbitrariness and be able to trade in peace,&#8221; the official said. &#8220;The New Development Bank [established by BRICS] and its initiative to finance more projects in local currencies can play a key role in this process. Belarus is interested to apply for joining this new yet promising international financial organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BRICS was formed in 2009 as an informal platform to oppose the Western-dominated world order. The founders were Brazil, China, India and Russia, with South Africa joining in 2010. These countries account for more than 40 percent of the world&#8217;s population and a quarter of the world&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current summit approved the membership of six other countries, such as Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Belarus applied for membership in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 25,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;Belarus is ready to make &#8220;a significant contribution to maintaining international food security,&#8221; Foreign Minister Siarhiej Alejnik told participants at a summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2022, Belarus&#8217; share in the global potash market fell from 20 to nine percent, he said linking the decrease to the Western sanctions. 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