BENGALURU, Feb 24 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen accused Russian officers attending a G20 finance leaders assembly on Friday of being “complicit” in atrocities in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and for the injury the battle has induced to the worldwide financial system.
In remarks to a gap session of the gathering on the primary anniversary of the Russian invasion, Yellen known as on G20 counterparts to “redouble their efforts to assist Ukraine and limit Russia’s capability to wage battle.”
She mentioned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “weaponisation” of meals and power has damage not solely Ukraine, however the world financial system and particularly growing international locations.
“I urge the Russian officers right here on the G20 to know that their continued work for the Kremlin makes them complicit in Putin’s atrocities,” Yellen mentioned. “They bear accountability for the lives and livelihoods being taken in Ukraine and the hurt induced globally.”
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Russia was represented within the room by senior financial officers, in response to a U.S. Treasury official. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and central financial institution governor Elvira Nabiullina weren’t in attendance.
Yellen added that ending the battle was a “ethical crucial” for the worldwide financial system and repeated that United States “will stand by Ukraine for so long as it takes.”
Reporting by David Lawder; Modifying by Raju Gopalakrishnan
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