Representatives of at least several Western countries will not attend part of the meetings within the framework of the G20 summit twenty” due to Russia's presence there.
Western countries are preparing to organize coordinated strikes to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the G20 finance ministers' meeting in Washington.
Representatives of financial departments of the world's largest economies on Wednesday, April 20, will discuss global challenges.
This is reported by The Guardian.
US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen will boycott some sessions if representatives of Russia come there , one of the US officials told reporters. According to him, there are countries that will do the same. Such signals were received, in particular, from France.
Nevertheless, Yellen will attend an open session on the Ukrainian war, regardless of Russia's participation.
Although some Western capitals claim that Russia should be completely excluded from global meetings, a view not shared by other G20 members, notably China and Indonesia, which leads the group this year.
On Tuesday, Moscow confirmed that Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov will lead its delegation in the talks.
“During and after the meeting, we will definitely send a clear signal, and we will not be the only ones to do so,” the German government said.
The representative of the ministry France's finance minister said they expect some G7 ministers to leave when the Russian minister reports.
Recall, Russia is asking Brazil for support from the IMF and the G20.
