ISLAMABAD – The Government of Pakistan expresses its deep concern over thestatement made by the Indian Finance Minister yesterday about India sintention to have “Pakistan downgraded on the FATF list”, said a statementissued by Ministry of Foreign affairs.
The statement re-confirms Pakistan s longstanding concerns that thistechnical forum is being politicized by India against Pakistan.
India has made several efforts in the past as well to politicize theproceedings at FATF. Prior to the FATF plenary meeting in February 2019,India circulated its own assessment of Pakistan s progress and solicitedimmediate support for “blacklisting” Pakistan.
On several previous occasions, calculated leaks were made to the Indianmedia about the proceedings of FATF, which are strictly confidential.
These instances of politicization by India were brought to the attention ofthe President of FATF by the Finance Minister of Pakistan.
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India s attempts to politicize the proceedings in FATF against Pakistancall into question its credentials for co-chairing and being a member ofthe Asia Pacific Joint Group that reviews the progress made by Pakistan toimplement the FATF Action Plan.
Pakistan remains committed to fully implementing the FATF Action Plan. Thiscommitment has been made at the highest political level. However, FATF mustensure that the process remains fair, unbiased and firmly grounded in thetechnical criteria of the forum.
