Yellen tells Indonesian finance minister: ‘No business-as-usual’ for Russia

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen solutions thoughts about the current and upcoming point out of the U.S. and world economic system at the Atlantic Council in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis

WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen instructed her counterpart from Indonesia that there will be no “business-as-usual” for Russia in the global economic system supplied its invasion of Ukraine, the Treasury Office stated in a assertion on Wednesday.

Yellen told Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati through a conference on Tuesday that the United States will continue to work with Indonesia, which presently qualified prospects the Group of 20 big economies, to advance G20 organization.

“Secretary Yellen firmly condemned Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, and emphasized there will be no company-as-standard for Russia in the worldwide economic climate,” Treasury said. “Secretary Yellen emphasised that the United States will continue on to work in solidarity with Indonesia to progress the essential enterprise of the G20, together with addressing the detrimental impacts of Russia’s invasion on the world-wide overall economy.”

Reporting by Andrea Shalal
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