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

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen solutions thoughts about the present and potential state of the U.S. and international economic climate 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 “company-as-normal” for Russia in the world-wide financial state supplied its invasion of Ukraine, the Treasury Department reported in a assertion on Wednesday.

Yellen instructed Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati for the duration of a conference on Tuesday that the United States will keep on to function with Indonesia, which now leads the Team of 20 big economies, to advance G20 business.

“Secretary Yellen firmly condemned Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, and emphasised there will be no organization-as-common for Russia in the world-wide economic system,” Treasury reported. “Secretary Yellen emphasised that the United States will carry on to operate in solidarity with Indonesia to advance the crucial enterprise of the G20, such as addressing the negative impacts of Russia’s invasion on the world economic climate.”

Reporting by Andrea Shalal
Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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