Sri Mulyani Leads The RI Delegation Lobbying All G20 Members Who Are Angry Because Of War Issues

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani (Photo: Screenshot of G20 virtual channel)

JAKARTA - Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani stated that the Indonesian Presidency at the G20 is facing a quite challenging situation after the war situation that occurred between Russia and Ukraine.

"This is an extraordinary situation and it doesn't work as it should, so it creates its own dynamics and challenges," he said at a virtual press conference from Washington, USA on Thursday morning, April 21, West Indonesia time.

According to the Minister of Finance, Indonesia continues to seek to lobby the countries that are members of the G20 to always communicate in order to get the best solution.

“The situation changed very quickly after the meeting in Jakarta last February. For this reason, in this dynamic situation, Indonesia will continue to communicate intensively with all G20 members in order to achieve good cooperation," he said.

In addition, the state treasurer did not forget to explain about the priority agenda carried by Indonesia in this year's presidency.

"We will continue our presidential agenda related to economic recovery, exit policy, international financial architecture, joint finance health, and the world tax agenda, as well as sustainable finance," he explained.

For information, a number of countries that are members of the G20 are quite sensitive in dealing with the issue of war in Ukraine. In fact, information circulating states that several western leaders refuse to attend the G20 summit if the Russian delegation takes part in the agenda.