Chapter 635: Mess

What happened in Amritsar, even Wang Dong couldn't believe it.

Nearly 200,000 Indian troops, say collapse and collapse!

By the 84th day of the war, the last formed Indian army left the city and surrendered.

That's when the question came up.

On the same day, the Indian authorities issued a statement strongly condemning Pakistan's inhumane acts in Amritsar and holding Pakistan accountable for the humanitarian tragedy.

Obviously, this is a bloody spurt!

It's just that the Pakistani authorities did not immediately fight back.

Why?

The Pakistani army surrounded Amritsar.

If nothing else, because the road is cut off by the Pakistani army, there is no way for the outside world to send troops to Amritsar, let alone provide humanitarian aid.

Lifting the siege of Amritsar?

If the Indian authorities agree to sit down and negotiate, that's okay.

The problem is that the Indian authorities have no intention of negotiating with Pakistan.

Besides, the 100,000-strong Indian army is in Jalandhar.

Now, what should I do?

Send troops to occupy Amritsar?

Truth be told, it's the next step.

Why?

Even if the threat of the Indian army is not taken into account, simply providing humanitarian aid to millions of refugees in Amritsar is enough to drag down the Pakistani army.

Moreover, Pakistan is not a rich country.

You must know that Pakistan's national economy has been seriously negatively affected, and the domestic food supply has been in trouble.

In the past month or so, Huaxia has provided emergency aid to Pakistan at least three times, and all of them have been food.

In addition, Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries are also taking action, procuring food and other materials through various channels, and then sending ships to Pakistan.

As a result, international food prices have doubled over the past two months.

Why?

Pakistan is not the only one in need of food.

According to estimates by international agencies, the war will reduce India's grain production by one-third, and India will also turn from a grain exporter to an importer.

India is a grain exporter?

That's right!

India has been a grain exporter for the past few decades.

It's hard to understand.

You must know that last year, India's per capita food consumption was less than 300 kilograms, far below the subsistence line proposed by the United Nations.

In other words, the vast majority of Indians do not even have enough to eat.

As for meat, aquatic products, poultry eggs, etc., they are even more pitiful.

Of course, this is also the reality in India, where about one-third of Indians are hungry, and more than 300 million are severely hungry.

It is in this context that India is still exporting grain.

Why?

Because the land in India, especially the fertile land that is conducive to cultivation, is in the hands of a few, and these so-called upper classes obviously do not consider the poor below.

In addition, grain is India's main commodity in exchange for foreign exchange.

It's good now.

If India's food production were to be reduced by a third as a result of the war, half of Indians would go hungry, and the number of people who would be severely hungry would increase to more than 500 million.

What is this concept?

Nearly a third of Indians will be hungry all the time!

Obviously, India has to import grain.

If India were to become a food importer, international food prices would inevitably skyrocket, as no single country would be able to fill the resulting supply gap.

Arguably, the most serious impact of this war on the international community has been the skyrocketing food prices.

Not just an impact, it's a disaster!

Why?

You must know that almost all of the people who import grain are poor countries.

Conversely, food shortages do not exist in many rich countries.

What are the world's most important food exporters?

United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Russia and Argentina.

Almost all of these countries are rich countries.

In addition, the impact of rising food prices on some wealthy countries that need to import food is actually small and negligible.

In Germany, for example, even if food prices double, the annual expenditure would be more than 10 billion euros.

For poor countries, it's a different story.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Programme (FAO), as well as a number of relevant international agencies, have long provided assessment reports.

With international food prices doubling, more than 1 billion people in southern Africa alone will be acutely hungry because they do not have access to enough food, millions will die of hunger within a year, and many more will be malnourished.

Of course, this is only the result of predictions.

Why?

So far, India has not procured food on a large scale.

Actually, there is nothing surprising because India does not have a surplus of foreign exchange.

As prices rise, grain has become almost hard currency, so many food-exporting countries, notably the United States, Canada and Australia, are demanding cash payments from buyers.

Comparatively speaking, Pakistan has been much more severely affected.

Pakistan has been an importer of food for as early as a few years ago.

There is no way, in order to improve the living standards of the people, the first thing is to feed the people, and after Pakistan has made certain achievements in economic construction, the people's requirements for life have become higher, so the domestic food consumption is more, and it is necessary to import more food.

In peacetime, it is also possible to purchase grain from the international market.

What about wartime?

Although the United States and other Western countries have not announced sanctions against Pakistan, after the outbreak of the war, Pakistan has been unable to buy grain from the United States and other Western countries, that is, the United States and other Western countries have secretly begun to impose sanctions and restrict the supply of grain to Pakistan.

In fact, this is also the key to Huaxia's emergency food aid to Pakistan.

Why?

Only Huaxia has enough strategic reserves.

However, China is also a grain importer, and it is the world's largest food importer, so the assistance it can provide to Pakistan is very limited.

Fortunately, there are also Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries.

It can be said that without the assistance of Saudi Arabia and other countries, Pakistan's domestic order would have gone wrong long ago, and the Pakistani authorities would not have such strong confidence.

If even the people can't get enough to eat, where will the victory come?

So, when it comes to the issue of display, what reason does Pakistan have to help the war refugees in Amritsar?

Don't forget, it's an Indian city and the people who live there are Indians!

Even the Indian authorities are indifferent, why should the Pakistani authorities care?

Of course, that can't be said.

The next day, the 85th day of the war, Pakistan submitted a report to the UN Security Council requesting humanitarian aid for war refugees in Amritsar.

Of course, Pakistan's Special Envoy to the United Nations has also made it clear that he welcomes the presence of a United Nations peacekeeping force in Amritsar.

Now, the Indian authorities have stopped doing it.