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

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen solutions questions about the recent and upcoming state of the U.S. and world financial 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 told her counterpart from Indonesia that there will be no “business-as-usual” for Russia in the world economic system given its invasion of Ukraine, the Treasury Department stated in a statement on Wednesday.

Yellen informed Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati all through a meeting on Tuesday that the United States will keep on to perform with Indonesia, which at this time sales opportunities the Group of 20 significant economies, to progress G20 company.

“Secretary Yellen firmly condemned Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, and emphasized there will be no organization-as-typical for Russia in the worldwide financial system,” Treasury claimed. “Secretary Yellen emphasised that the United States will keep on to work in solidarity with Indonesia to progress the important small business of the G20, like addressing the negative impacts of Russia’s invasion on the world economic system.”

Reporting by Andrea Shalal
Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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