EU Sanctions renewed until 2017

26 May 2016
EU Sanctions renewed until 2017
Local and international media members wait near the European countries flags to attend the opening ceremony of European Union office in Yangon, Myanmar, 28 April 2012.  Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA

The European Union has renewed its sanctions on Myanmar until 30 April 2017. The measures impose an embargo on providingMyanmar with arms and goods that might be used for internal repression.
The US announced 17 May it was continuing but easing economic sanctions on Myanmar after the country returned power to an elected civilian government after more than five decades under repressive military control.