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Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen During Press Pool Spray with UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt | U.S. De…

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen During
Press Pool Spray with UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
February 24, 2023

As Prepared to Delivery
I welcome my first in-person meeting with Chancellor Hunt.
The U.S.-UK relationship is extremely strong, and our Treasuries are working closely together
to advance a number of shared objectives.
In particular, weʼve worked hand-in-hand over the last year to respond to Russiaʼs unprovoked
invasion of Ukraine.
We are continuing to impose significant costs on Russia for its illegal war against Ukraine,
including through additional sanctions measures. Our global coalition is working relentlessly
to disrupt Russian military supply chains, limit the Kremlinʼs revenue, and make it harder for
them to use the money they have to source military equipment from abroad.
In the year ahead, weʼll redouble our e orts at disrupting Russian sanctions evasion e orts.
That includes by sharing intelligence, identifying and eliminating specific networks, and
making it harder for companies and jurisdictions to serve as evasion channels.
Our work together also includes the price cap on Russian crude oil and refined products. While
it is still early, we are seeing progress towards its twin goals of reducing Russian revenue and
promoting stability in global oil markets.
Russian tax revenue from energy and gas was down 46% in January. That means we are
e ectively hitting their most important source of revenue.
Global energy markets have remained well-supplied.
We are also collaborating closely to support Ukraine, including through bilateral and
multilateral economic support that is bolstering the Ukrainian home front and their valiant
resistance on the battlefield.

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We urge the IMF to engage with Ukraine to deliver a credible, ambitious, fully financed and
appropriately conditioned IMF program by the end of March.
I also look forward to discussing a range of other priorities for our two countries here in India.
We are engaging with other G20 members to support developing and emerging economies
impacted by Russiaʼs war, evolve the multilateral development bank system, and address debt
challenges.
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