Ukraine joins decision to extend EU sanctions against Egypt for a year

Ukraine has joined an EU decision to extend sanctions against Egypt until 2021.

“On March 19, 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/418. The Council Decision extends the existing restrictive measures until March 22, 2021. The Candidate Countries Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania, the country of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidate Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia align themselves with this Council Decision. They will ensure that their national policies conform to this Council Decision. The European Union takes note of this commitment and welcomes it,” reads a statement on the website of the Council of the EU.

According to the Official Journal of the EU, the Council Decision 2011/172/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Egypt was adopted on March 21, 2011, and concerns two persons, former Egyptian President Hosni Elsayed Mubarak and the spouse of his son, charged with misuse of public funds, in accordance with the UN Convention against Corruption.

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