MOSCOW (Sputnik) — No state can function efficiently without taking part in counteracting corruption and preventing the funding of terror groups, Ivanov stated, adding that the issues would be discussed during the upcoming G20 summit in Turkey.
"The USA-led initiative, with Russia's active involvement, of investigating ISIL funding sources should become the start, rather than a conclusion, of an appropriate effort to implicate certain states, individuals and companies engaged in financially supporting ISIL," Ivanov said at a meeting with Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) President Je-Yoon Shin.
In October, a US Treasury Department spokesperson told Sputnik that ISIL had derived up to $1.5 billion in revenue from looting banks and illicit oil proceeds, having captured several oil fields.
In February, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a Russia-drafted resolution intended to stem the flow of money to the jihadist groups ISIL and the Nusra Front, while in June, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on the UN Security Council to take extra steps to determine who is buying oil from the militants.
Syria has repeatedly accused Turkey, as well as several Gulf states, of funding ISIL. As recently as 2014, then-Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of providing seed money to the militant group.
