EU foreign affairs ministers meeting today (15 October) are set to impose new sanctions on the leaders of Burma for their recent crackdown on protesters and lift sanctions on Uzbekistan, despite a lack of improvement in the human rights situation there.
The ministers are expected to impose sanctions such as bans on investments and visas, a freeze on junta members' assets and bans on imports of timber, gemstones and precious metals from Burma, reports AP.
But the package is not lik...
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