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((Решение Берна не присоединяться к REPO было правильным)) "In an increasingly polarised world, Switzerland, as a neutral country, has an interest in maintaining a certain restraint," the Swiss People's Party parliamentarian said in the written interview.
Parmelin warned that the work in the task force could increase pressure on Switzerland. "There could also be pressure within the body that Switzerland would have to take on, for example, those of the US in addition to the EU sanctions." Switzerland must retain its freedom of decision on this issue.
The Swiss government plans to vote on a motion on task force accession next week.
+Switzerland urged to join taskforce on Russian sanctions
Diplomats from France, Italy, Germany, the USA, Canada, Japan and the UK had called on Switzerland in March to become more involved in the search for Russian money.
Earlier this year, ambassadors from the G7 countries sent a letter to the Swiss government asking it to join the REPO (Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs) taskforce, an international taskforce for implementing the sanctions on Russian oligarchs.
To date, Bern has declined to join.
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