Non-EU Countries Align With EU Santions Moves on Syria, Lebanon, Libya, North Korea
A group of European countries not in the EU implemented four recent sanctions decisions made by the EU to align with the bloc's sanctions regimes, the European Council announced Aug. 22. The EU added four individuals and one entity to its Syria sanctions list in July, and subsequently the countries of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway adopted the additions, the council said. These same countries took up the council's July 26 sanctions move that dropped the entry for one deceased individual from its Libya sanctions regime.
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Under the Lebanon sanctions list, the council extended the restrictive measures until July 31,2023, and the countries of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Ukraine, Georgia, Iceland and Lichtenstein aligned with the decision, the council said. The council also updated the list of individuals and entities subject to the North Korea sanctions list. North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway aligned with the move.