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EU agrees to step up Myanmar sanctions: Brown
The European Union agreed on Friday to step up sanctions on Myanmar because of the Asian country's treatment of opponents, including detained Nobel Prize-winning opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Updated on: Jun 19, 2009, 18:49:32 IST
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The European Union agreed on Friday to step up sanctions on Myanmar because of the Asian country's treatment of opponents, including detained Nobel Prize-winning opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
"Europe agreed today to step up sanctions and take further targeted measures against the Burmese regime," British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told a news conference after a summit of the 27 EU member states in Brussels.
Brown called for an end to Suu Kyi's "absurd and contemptible sham trial" and for her immediate and unconditional release.
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