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11/15/2021

READOUT: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo’s Visit to Israel | U.S. Department of the Treasury

READOUT: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo’s
Visit to Israel
November 15, 2021

JERUSALEM — Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo traveled to Israel from
November 13 - 15 to discuss economic opportunities, shared national security priorities,
including Iran, countering terrorist financing and proliferation financing, and regional terrorist
threats. He met with a wide range of top government o icials, including Minister of Finance
Avigdor Lieberman, Central Bank Governor Amir Yaron, Director General of the Israeli National
Cyber Directorate Yigal Unna, as well as local fintech and cybersecurity entrepreneurs.
While in Israel, the Deputy Secretary announced a new bilateral partnership to expand
international cooperation on cybersecurity and to counter ransomware, the U.S.— Israel Task
Force on Fintech Innovation and Cybersecurity.

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