On Thursday 26 April, the Council of the EU extended its embargo on arms and equipment that can be used for internal repression for one year. It also strengthened it, prohibiting the provision of military training to and military cooperation with the Burmese army(see EUROPE 11884).
The embargo was until now just on the export of dual-use goods for use by the military and border guard police, and it imposed restrictions on the export of equipment for monitoring communications that...