Nirmala Sitharaman, US Treasury Secretary Discuss Combating Terror Funding
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her American counterpart Janet Yellen met during the eighth India-USA Economic and Financial Partnership meeting.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her American counterpart Janet Yellen on Thursday discussed among other issues fighting illicit finance, money laundering and combating terrorism financing. Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman and the United States Treasury Secretary Ms @SecYellen met today at Washington D.C. for the 8th ministerial meeting of the India-USA Economic and Financial Partnership (8th India-US EFP). (1/6) pic.twitter.com/8UB8kaP5fl
The two dignitaries had a wide-ranging discussion during the eighth India-USA Economic and Financial Partnership meeting.
The importance of fighting illicit finance and the need for continued cooperation in tackling money laundering and combating the terror funding was underpinned by Ms Sitharaman and Ms Yellen, the Finance Ministry said in a tweet, as the two countries issued a detailed joint statement after the meeting.
"We continue to strengthen our cooperation in tackling money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism through increased information sharing and coordination," said the joint statement.
