Saturday, April 28, 2012

EU suspends Myanmar sanctions after reforms

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, right, speaks with Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, right, and Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, center, during a round table meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Luxembourg on Monday, April 23, 2012. EU foreign ministers meet Monday to discuss Burma and Syria. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)The European Union on Monday suspended its sanctions against Myanmar for a year following a wave of widely praised political reforms in the country, but will retain an embargo on arms sales, officials said.


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