G20 finance leaders in Bali focus on tackling war in Ukraine and inflation

G20 finance officials at the meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali (Pool via AP)

Top financial officials from the Group of 20 nations have met on the Indonesian island of Bali, seeking strategies to counter the economic fallout from the war in Ukraine as well as inflation and other global crises.

Indonesian finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati opened the two-day meeting by urging fellow finance ministers, central bank chiefs and other leaders to find ways to “build bridges, not walls”.