BRUSSELS: Greece’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis has said that the country and the European Union (EU) as a whole should brace for a grain deficit as the result of the conflict in Ukraine and anti-Russia sanctions. The shortage could mean, “Firstly, a significant increase in prices and, secondly, it could mean that we will see unrest in the wider region and especially in North Africa and the Middle East,” he said at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. Russia’s military operation in Ukraine has affected grain supplies from the two countries, which are major global exporters. TLTP
