Kazakhstan Defense Minister Colonel General Ruslan Zhaksylykov met with the newly appointed US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Kazakhstan Daniel Rosenblum. It has been reported official site Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense
It was noted that the meeting took place on Rosenblum’s initiative and was in the nature of a protocol.
“The parties evaluated the current issues of bilateral cooperation,” the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan said in a statement. Said.
Previous banks of Kazakhstan received Permission from the US Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) to service the transactions of persons using payment cards of the Russian Mir system.
According to a letter from the U.S. Treasury to Kazakhstani issuers, the agency allows Mir cards to be used by individuals, including those from Russia.
At the same time, it is noted that transactions on this payment system still remain under “special control”. In this way, it became clear that the Ministry of Finance wants to stop its use in order to circumvent the anti-Russian sanctions.