On Wednesday 22 August, an EU spokesperson told EUROPE that no decision had yet been taken concerning the adoption of targeted sanctions against the Maldives.
The previous day, in an interview with EP Today, MEP Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP, Czech Republic) announced that 41 names were on the list of measures to be taken against the Maldives. He implied that these sanctions could be adopted after the presidential elections, the first round of which is to be held on 23 September.
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