EU threatens tougher Burma sanctions

EU Foreign Ministers pledged on the 18 May 2009 to look at ways in which sanctions against Burma could be toughened in the wake of the country’s treatment of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Meeting in Brussels at the GEAC, ministers strongly condemned the treatment of Suu Kyi, and called for her immediate release.

Deutsche Welle, 18.5.09: EU foreign ministers condemn Suu Kyi trial in Burma http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4263041,00.html

Council of the European Union: Press Release: PRES/09/137 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/107921.pdf

ESO: Background information: EU in Burma sanctions extension http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-in-burma-sanctions-extension/

Council of the European Union: Press Release, PRES/09/133: Declaration of the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the arrest of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/cfsp/107791.pdf

France24, 18.5.09: EU considers tougher sanctions in wake of Aung San Suu Kyi trial http://www.france24.com/en/20090518-aung-kyi-burma-myanmar-eu-considers-tougher-sanctions-junta-trial

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