Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08LISBON2754
2008-12-05 10:30:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Lisbon
Cable title:
PORTUGAL: IMPROVING EU BURMA SANCTIONS
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UNCLAS LISBON 002754
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU PO
SUBJECT: PORTUGAL: IMPROVING EU BURMA SANCTIONS
REF: STATE 125625
Portugal agrees the international community should maintain a
united front regarding the regime in Burma per reftel points,
and is working within the EU process to achieve this. Ana
Riquito of the MFA Burma desk said she will forward the OFAC
analysis to the Portuguese MFA Sanctions Office for their
consideration, as the EU recognizes its prior sanctions
regime was unmanageable and ineffective.
STEPHENSON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU PO
SUBJECT: PORTUGAL: IMPROVING EU BURMA SANCTIONS
REF: STATE 125625
Portugal agrees the international community should maintain a
united front regarding the regime in Burma per reftel points,
and is working within the EU process to achieve this. Ana
Riquito of the MFA Burma desk said she will forward the OFAC
analysis to the Portuguese MFA Sanctions Office for their
consideration, as the EU recognizes its prior sanctions
regime was unmanageable and ineffective.
STEPHENSON