Since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday 5 June 2017, and moved to close off access to the Gulf country, there have been a few developments. Since 7 June 2017: The Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Qatar is willing to listen to Gulf concerns. Senegal has joined nations cutting ties with Qatar and is recalling its ambassador, bringing the number of nations…
On Monday 5 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and moved to close off access to the Gulf country, with an embargo on air, sea or land traffic to and from Qatar. Following the announcement: The Maldives, Mauritius, Libya, Yemen, Mauritania and Union of the Comoros have followed suit and also cut ties with Qatar. Jordan downgraded its ties with Qatar while The Philippines…
The EU has extended its sanctions against the Syrian regime by one year, until 1 June 2018. Decision (CFSP) 2017/917, taken by the European Council on 29 May 2017, is in line with the EU approach of maintaining sanctions against the Syrian regime and its supporters as long as the repression of civilians continues. The EU currently imposes a broad range of sanctions against Syria, which includes, amongst others: an arms embargo; an oil embargo;…
The European Council has adopted sanctions against nine individuals who hold positions of responsibility in the State administration and in the chain of command of the security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for planning, directing or committing serious human rights violations. This is in addition to the seven people on whom the EU imposed sanctions as of 12 December 2016 due to the obstruction of the electoral process and related human rights…