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11/27/2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Under Secretary Brian Nelson to Travel to Oman and Türkiye | U.S. Department of the Treasury

MEDIA ADVISORY: Under Secretary Brian Nelson to Travel to
Oman and Türkiye
November 27, 2023

WASHINGTON – From November 26 – December 1, Under Secretary of the Treasury for
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson will travel to Muscat, Oman as well as
Ankara and Istanbul, Türkiye, to further U.S. e orts to deny Hamas and other terrorist
organizations the ability to raise and move funds. He will also discuss the facilitation of
legitimate humanitarian aid on an ongoing basis to the people of Gaza. Since the October 7th
attacks, Treasury has imposed multiple rounds of sanctions on Hamas and Palestinian Islamic
Jihad (PIJ) financial facilitators and their a iliated entities.
In Türkiye, a NATO ally, Under Secretary Nelson will also discuss e orts to prevent, disrupt,
and investigate trade and financial activity that benefit the Russian e ort in its war against
Ukraine.
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