From todays NY Times:
Yellen Confronts Russian Officials at G20 Meeting
In a private session, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said the Russians were “complicit in Putin’s atrocities,” according to remarks shared by a U.S. official.
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen at the meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers in Bengaluru, India, on Thursday.Credit...Manjunath Kiran/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
By Alan Rappeport
Her condemnation of the war was a rare direct interaction between American and Russian officials and occurred on the anniversary of a conflict that has divided the world and roiled the global economy. The United States has pledged to deliver more aid to Ukraine and to level more sanctions on Russia.
“I urge the Russian officials here at the G20 to understand that their continued work for the Kremlin makes them complicit in Putin’s atrocities,” Ms. Yellen said in a private session, according to remarks that were shared by a Treasury Department official. “They bear responsibility for the lives and livelihoods being taken in Ukraine and the harm caused globally.”
The comments were made during a session about “international financial architecture” that took place on the first day of a two-day gathering of top economic policymakers in Bengaluru. Senior Russian economic officials were in attendance, according to a Treasury official, who declined to characterize how they responded.
Yellen Confronts Russian Officials at G20 Meeting
In a private session, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said the Russians were “complicit in Putin’s atrocities,” according to remarks shared by a U.S. official.
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen at the meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers in Bengaluru, India, on Thursday.Credit...Manjunath Kiran/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
By Alan Rappeport
- Feb. 24, 2023Updated 7:02 a.m. ET
Her condemnation of the war was a rare direct interaction between American and Russian officials and occurred on the anniversary of a conflict that has divided the world and roiled the global economy. The United States has pledged to deliver more aid to Ukraine and to level more sanctions on Russia.
“I urge the Russian officials here at the G20 to understand that their continued work for the Kremlin makes them complicit in Putin’s atrocities,” Ms. Yellen said in a private session, according to remarks that were shared by a Treasury Department official. “They bear responsibility for the lives and livelihoods being taken in Ukraine and the harm caused globally.”
The comments were made during a session about “international financial architecture” that took place on the first day of a two-day gathering of top economic policymakers in Bengaluru. Senior Russian economic officials were in attendance, according to a Treasury official, who declined to characterize how they responded.
