This week's meetings of the IMF and the World Bank provide an opportunity to make progress in using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Monday, UNN reports .
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The meetings will, in particular, "discuss ways to unblock immobilized Russian assets to support the ongoing resistance and the long-term recovery of Ukraine," a representative of the Ministry of Finance explained to reporters.
His comments come amid growing calls in Washington and Europe to create a fund for Ukraine using billions of dollars in Russian bank accounts, investments and other assets frozen in the West since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
A representative of the Ministry of Finance also told reporters: "I want to condemn in the strongest possible terms Iran's attack on Israel (over the weekend).
Calling Iran and its supporters a "destabilizing force" in the Middle East, he added that recent developments should be an important topic of discussion during future meetings.
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This week, the U.S. Treasury Department will hold the fourth meeting of the U.S.-China Economic and Financial Working Groups, which aims to begin exchanging more detailed data and try to make progress, particularly on the issue of balanced economic growth.