We are talking about the state-owned “Rossilhospbanku”.
Russia raised the issue of connecting to the state SWIFT system Rossilhospbank” within the framework of negotiations on the “grain agreement” with representatives of the UN. This was confirmed by the Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Vershinin, on Saturday, RosZMI reports.
“We are discussing this not for the first time, because, from my point of view, the reconnection of “Rossilhospbank”, which provides most of the transactions on agricultural issues, agricultural operations, is a key issue. Without it, of course, we simply cannot move forward… We are working on it, and we will pursue it,” he said.
According to him, there are concrete developments of what as a temporary option, it is possible to open correspondent accounts in a number of foreign banks – Citibank and JPMorgan.
“But if this option can exist, then it can only be temporary, because the real solution is a complete reconnection to the system of SWIFT financial messages to “Rossilhospbank”, he added.
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Earlier in Russia it was announced that question p the origin of the grain agreement is “not yet decided”. “These 120 days are coming to an end. When making such a decision, which must be made, we must take into account all the circumstances,” said Vershinin.
