Kathmandu, May 20
A Joint delegation of APG-ICRG has briefed
Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal about the progress made by Nepal, and reforms
necessary for further compliance to exit the FATF Grey List.
The delegation led by David Shannon, Deputy
Executive Secretary of APG Secretariat, paid a courtesy call at the Ministry on
Wednesday.
FM Khanal expressed confidence in further
enhancing national capacity, including through strengthening cooperation with
the APG to exit from the Grey List at the earliest, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MoFA) informed in a post on X.
The delegation is on a support visit to
Nepal from 18 to 20 May 2026.
APG-ICRG is the collaboration between the
Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) and the International Co-operation
Review Group (ICRG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
It manages the monitoring, assessment, and
follow-up processes for jurisdictions that have strategic deficiencies in their
anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) systems.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 21 May 2026.
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