India has been “politicising” the proceedings at the FATF against Pakistan, the Foreign Office claimed on Friday, a day after the Indian government said it seeks downgrading of Pakistan on the global watch dog’s terrorism financing list.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that India will ask the global money laundering and terror finance watchdog to put Pakistan on a blacklist of countries that fail to meet international standards in stopping financial crime.
“We want Pakistan downgraded on the FATF list,” Jaitley told reporters in New Delhi, adding that the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was due to meet in mid-May and India would make its request then.
“The statement re-confirms Pakistan’s longstanding concerns that this technical forum is being politicised by India against Pakistan,” Pakistan Foreign Office said.
