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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk

Senior U.S. Treasury official traveled to Turkey to discuss sanctions on Russia

FILE PHOTO - Elizabeth Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing titled, “Keeping the Pressure on Russia and its Enablers: Examining the Reach of and Next Steps for U.S. Sanctions” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 28, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

A senior U.S. Treasury Department official traveled to Turkey this week to discuss sanctions and export controls imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, the Treasury Department said, as Washington closely monitors growing economic ties between Ankara and Moscow.

Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg traveled to Ankara and Istanbul from Monday through Wednesday, where she met with counterparts including officials from the ministries of finance and foreign affairs as well as representatives in the private financial and commercial sectors, according to a statement.

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