03/06/2021 (Agence Europe) – The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, announced on Thursday 3 June in an interview with the Reuters news agency that the EU would adopt “in the coming days” new sanctions against the military junta in Myanmar. “There is a third row of sanctions in preparation that will be approved (in) the coming days (targeting) personnel of the military junta and also the entity that represents the economic interests of the military”, Mr Borrell said. The EU has already sanctioned 35 individuals and two conglomerates controlled by the Burmese military in response to serious human rights violations against the Rohingya, the military coup of 1 February 2021 and the subsequent military and police crackdown on peaceful protesters (see EUROPE 12701/4). (CG)