The EU today said it will tighten sanctions on Myanmar if a host of demands are not met by 8 October.
Foreign Ministers meeting today in Brussels agreed to impose the deadline in a bid to press the Yangon authorities to implement democratic reforms.
The EU has demanded that pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi be released, as well as an end to the harassment of her party - the National League for Democracy - and the convening of a National Convention to debate reform in the coun...
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