US lead others in walk out of APEC talks in Bangkok over Russia's Ukraine invasion

The walkout took place while the Russian representative was delivering remarks at the opening of the two-day meeting. - PHOTO: ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION/FACEBOOK via The Straits Times/ANN

BANGKOK, May 21 (Reuters): Representatives of the United States and several other nations walked out of an Asia-Pacific trade ministers meeting in Bangkok on Saturday to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, officials said.

The walkout was “an expression of disapproval at Russia’s illegal war of aggression in Ukraine and its economic impact in the APEC region”, one diplomat said.