Stepping up the U.S. effort to bring India on board with its sanctions against Russia, Washington has sent another senior official to discuss India’s oil purchases and plans to use the rupee-rouble payment mechanism to circumvent sanctions.
U.S. Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rozenberg arrived in India on Wednesday ahead of meetings with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials in Mumbai, as well as officials of the Finance Ministry, Home Ministry and External Affairs Ministry in Delhi, officials said.
Ms. Rozenberg will also discuss the upcoming plenary session of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in June, where Pakistan’s grey listing will be reviewed and possible measures against Russia could be discussed.
