West wants Russia's approval to reconnect Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT via Luxembourg — Lavrov

Business & Economy September 10, 2023, 13:07

Russian Foreign Minister said

NEW DELHI, September 10. /TASS/. The West is trying to win Russia’s approval for reconnecting its Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT via a subsidiary in Luxembourg, a scheme that Russia’s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov dismissed as unrealistic.

"As regards SWIFT and Rosselkhozbank - <...>, nobody, including Mr. Guterres (UN chief Antonio Guterres - TASS), promised to reconnect Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT," Lavrov said at a news conference following the G20 summit. "They are trying to win our approval for quite an unrealistic scheme under which Rosselkhozbank’s subsidiary in Luxembourg would play that role.".

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