EU member unanimously reject proposal to add Saudi Arabia to money-laundering list
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Envoys from the 28 EU member states on Wednesday unanimously rejected a proposal by the European Commission to add Saudi Arabia and other nations to the bloc's money-laundering blacklist, European sources said. The ill-fated plan, drawn up by the EU's executive arm, infuriated Saudi Arabia as well as the United States and exasperated European capitals.
The EU's 28 interior ministers will formalise the rejection at talks in Brussels on Thursday, a European source told AFP.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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