The EU is set to uphold existing sanctions against Uzbekistan in Central Asia and Europe's "last dictatorship" Belarus when foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Monday (5 March), despite attempts to build better relations with the pariah states.
The Uzbek move - agreed by EU ambassadors on Wednesday - means Tashkent will remain under an arms export embargo and that seven Uzbek officials will stay on an EU visa ban list until the next review period in May. The sanctions are set to exp...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.