Ukraine crisis causes $1.31 billion loss to Tunisia’s budget

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TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia‮ ‬faces additional budget losses of about 4 billion dinars ($1.31 billion) due to the impact of the Ukrainian-Russian crisis on the energy sector, the energy minister told TAP state news agency on Thursday.

Naila Nouira added that the conflict in Ukraine had created pressure around purchases of fertilisers and grains as well as of oil products.

($1 = 3.0578 Tunisian dinars)

(Reporting By Tarek Amara; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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