U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov that economic cooperation between Washington and Moscow will remain impossible as long as Russia continues its war against Ukraine, people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent. The two officials met on Aug. 31 on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Asheville, marking the first time Russia's finance minister has attended the gathering in person since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

“We don't know anything about this meeting,” one Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on Monday to discuss a possible end to the war in Ukraine, U.S. media reported. — Ukrinform.