EAG Secretariat organized and took part in the meeting between the Committee of financial monitoring of the Ministry of finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan and representatives of the EAG member-states

A meeting via videoconferencing was held by the EAG Secretariat, with participation of representatives of EAG member-states (Belarus, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and Tajikistan) and the management of the Committee on financial monitoring of the Ministry of finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 

During the meeting participants discussed the issues of preparation of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the 2nd round of the EAG mutual evaluation in the sphere of combating money laundering, financing of terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The representatives of the EAG member-states, that have already passed the mutual evaluation process, shared their practical successful experience in preparation for evaluation. 

The participants also considered issues related to functions of interdepartmental working groups on preparation for mutual evaluation and mechanism of national policy coordination in the sphere of combating money laundering and terrorism financing. The representatives of the EAG member-states shared their practical experience in organization of joint work of the ministries and agencies for mutual evaluation of AML/CFT system. 

The participants of the meeting agreed on further interaction on specific practical issues of preparation for the mutual evaluation.

Committee on financial monitoring