US Won’t Repeat Anti-Russia Walkout at G-20 Meetings This Week
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Janet Yellen, fourth right, and officials from the EU, UK, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands and Ukraine walked out from a high-level international meeting, to protest Russia’s invasion, in April.
Source: Canadian Government
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US officials won’t lead a walkout from high-level international meetings in Washington this week to protest Russia’s participation, as they did in April.
The last time Group of 20 finance ministers gathered in Washington, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen -- joined by officials from the European Union, UK, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands and Ukraine -- walked out of the room to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when a Moscow official began addressing the gathering.