WASHINGTON: G7 officials and others walked out of a meeting of the Development Committee that advises the governors of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on Friday in Washington when a Russian ofhcial began to speak, a source told Reuters.

It was the latest walkout by senior officials from Group of Seven advanced economies to protest Russia`s war in Ukraine, and followed similar dem-onstrations at meetings of the Group of 20 major economies and the IMF`s steering committee earlier this week.

Russia`s refusal to agree to strong language condemning its war in Ukraine prevented the International Monetary and Financial Committee from issuing a formal communique on Thursday, and the same is likely to happen at Friday`s meeting of the Development Committee, the source said.-Reuters