US Treasury Secretary Bessent Meets Russian Finance Minister
· World · Bloomberg, Axios
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov held a meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Asheville, North Carolina. The two officials discussed bilateral financial cooperation and shared goals within the G20 framework. This event marks the first time Siluanov has attended a G20 meeting in person since the start of the conflict in Ukraine in 2022. The Russian government confirmed the meeting in an official statement.
Why it matters
This meeting represents a rare high-level diplomatic engagement between US and Russian financial officials amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.
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