EU agrees to ease Burma sanctions

24 Jan 2012, 2:35 am   -   Source: AAP
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The European Union is easing some sanctions against Burma's regime as reward for its moves toward political reform.

The European Union is rewarding Burma's moves toward political reform by easing some sanctions against the regime.

The EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday on a "first step", ending the visa ban on the president and top government officials.

EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said she would visit the country after an April 1 election, in a move set up with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

As well as the visa ban, over the years the EU has imposed an arms embargo, a ban on the sale of goods linked to internal repression, and has suspended certain development aid programs.

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