The European Union has extended its long-standing arms embargo against Myanmar by one year, after which the decision will be reviewed again.
Arms sanctions would be continued at least until April 30, 2017, the EU said. Under the restrictions it is forbidden for EU countries to sell or export arms and related material, with the exception of non-lethal military equipment, to Myanmar.
The April 21 statement also refers to the ban on sales of “equipment which might be used for internal repression”. Military means are used domestically against Myanmar’s plethora of ethnic armed groups in the world’s longest-running civil wars. During military rule the junta also sent its troops to quell peaceful protests, like the monk-led popular uprising against the military dictatorship in 2007. (Courtesy of Myanmar Times)
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