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Delegates walk out on Russian official; IMFC chair cites resilience
The IMFC chair described the global economy as resilient, while delegates walked out on a Russian official amid diplomatic tensions.
By Ilan Corven · 2 min read

Delegates walked out on a Russian official, and the IMFC chair described the global economy as resilient.
The walkout took place amid diplomatic tensions. The supplied information does not identify the delegates who left, the Russian official or the IMFC chair, and does not provide statements explaining the walkout participants’ positions.
Separately, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised US President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia while speaking at a European Union summit on Friday. His remarks expressed opposition to the agreement between Washington and Moscow.
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Zelenskyy also welcomed the prospect of European allies taking a greater role in peace talks. The available information does not set out the terms of the diesel deal or specify what an expanded European role in those talks would involve.
The supplied material contains no quantitative economic data to accompany the chair’s assessment of global resilience. It also does not establish that the IMFC chair warned that conflicts threaten that resilience.