BANGKOK (Reuters) – Representatives of the United States and several other nations walked out of a meeting of trade ministers in Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok on Saturday to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, officials said.
Representatives from Canada, New Zealand, Japan and Australia joined the Americans in leaving the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting, two Thai officials and two international diplomats told Reuters.
The dismissal took place while the Russian representative was making remarks at the opening of the two-day meeting of the group of 21 economies.
