The Treasury Department is deterring some journalists from covering a finance meeting involving the world's most powerful countries.

Officials from the department did not explain their decision, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told The Associated Press Sunday that "it has nothing to do with point of view." RELATED: Trump administration pushes NDAs to curb federal media leaks Bessent is hosting the G20 meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, which runs Saturday through Tuesday, and includes finance ministers, central bank governors and senior officials from the world's top economies.

Dig deeper: Individual reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News were not granted press credentials to the Group of 20 finance ministers' meeting, according to The Associated Press, citing The New York Times.