(Ottawa) A few G20 finance ministers meeting in Washington left the room when Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov wanted to speak — a taste of what might happen at the upcoming G20 leaders’ summit in Bali next November.
Posted at 2:47 p.m.
Updated at 3:26 p.m.
Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, Chrystia Freeland, announced the boycott on her Twitter account. She is seen flanked by certain counterparts, including US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, as well as European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde.
“Russia should not participate or be included in these meetings,” she tweeted.
“Today, Canada and a number of our democratic allies walked out of the G20 plenary when Russia sought to intervene,” she added in a second tweet, capping a photo of the ministers who made the move. boycott.
The great silversmith of the country continued with a photo of her alongside her counterpart from Ukraine, Sergii Marchenko.
The retention of Russia in the G20, a group of countries with an economic vocation, is questioned by some countries.
United States President Joe Biden has outright called for his expulsion.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hasn’t gone that far, but has argued that at the very least, Russia should have no place at the table at the upcoming 20 world power summit, to be held in Bali, Indonesia, in November. next.
“It can’t be business as usual […] I don’t think we can sit with Russia around the table,” he said at the end of March.
He pointed to the irony that Putin’s regime, which is wreaking havoc on the global economy, has its place in a group whose mission is to find ways to foster economic growth.