G20 = The meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of 20 major countries discussed how to deal with the accelerating global inflation on the 15th of the first day.


Finance Minister Suzuki has revealed that he has severely criticized Russia with the G7 countries for facing difficulties in the world economy due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting began on the 15th in Bali, Indonesia, and on the first day, discussions were held on how to respond to the accelerating global inflation.



Finance Minister Suzuki, who attended the meeting, told reporters that "Russia is solely responsible for the economic consequences of the war, including the fact that the world economy is facing many difficulties due to the Russian invasion war. I said that, "he said, in collaboration with the G7 countries, and revealed that he had severely criticized Russia.



Russia, on the other hand, has repeatedly argued that inflation was due to sanctions by Western countries.



Last time, at the G20 Finance Ministers' Meeting in April, we could not make a joint statement showing the outcome of the discussions as the conflict between Western countries and Russia deepened.



In the discussion on the 16th, we found a compromise between Europe, the United States, Japan and Russia, and we will continue to make difficult adjustments as to whether there is a consensus.