Kyrgyzstan Seeks Removal Of Its Companies From US Sanctions List
Date
1/23/2025 6:08:35 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, January 23. Kyrgyzstan is
concerned about the inclusion of Keremet Bank, gazprom Neft Asia,
and Munai Myrza companies in the US sanctions list, Trend reports via the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Meder Abakirov, raised the
issue during a meeting with US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Lesslie
Viguerie. Abakirov emphasized that Kyrgyzstan's relevant state
authorities regularly engage in consultations with their
counterparts from the US on matters related to bilateral
cooperation. He also formally requested the removal of these
companies from the sanctions list.
Ambassador Viguerie expressed the US's willingness to jointly
search for mutually acceptable solutions to resolve the issue of
removing the Kyrgyz companies from the sanctions list.
On January 15, the US Department of the Treasury, through the
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), imposed sanctions on
Keremet Bank, a Kyrgyzstan-based financial institution. The
sanctions were due to the bank's involvement in facilitating
cross-border transfers for Promsvyazbank, a Russian bank under US
sanctions since 2022.
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