Development aid meeting at the spring meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington: When it was the turn of the Russians to speak, several ministers left the room – including German Development Minister Schulze.
Representatives of several countries temporarily left a development aid meeting at the spring conference of the IMF and World Bank in Washington – in protest against a speech by Russia.
Development Minister Svenja Schulze said that when the Russian head of department spoke, she left the room together with representatives of other countries. Among them were colleagues from Japan, Great Britain, France and Italy.
Finance ministers from several countries had already left the room at a G20 meeting in Washington on Wednesday during the speech by the Russian head of department, Anton Siluanov. The German Finance Minister Christian Lindner stayed, as did the other counterparts of the G7 countries, it was said. Instead, the group responded to the Russian’s speech.
At the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, Schulze presented plans for a new alliance for global food security. This is intended to respond to the hunger crisis, which is being exacerbated by the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. Schulze said the proposal met with a lot of support from other countries at the conference. The alliance is still under construction. You will also try to win over China. “China has a lot of reserves,” she stressed. The country is an important player on the issue of “whether it suits you or not”. (dpa)