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December 1, 2011

The European Union stresses the sanctions on Syria and final suspension of membership are ...

Beirut, Agreed European Union governments on Thursday to increase pressure on Syria through the addition of 11 entities and 12 individuals to the list of sanctions as well as other measures related to different sectors, with Syria replied to suspend its membership in the "Union for the Mediterranean" on the pretext that the European procedures constitute a "flagrant violation of national sovereignty.

The foreign ministers said the European Union in a statement that "punitive measures, the new linked sectors of energy, finance, banking and trade, including the inclusion of additional individuals and entities involved in violence or supporting the system directly," pointing out that the minister, "they added 12 people and 11 institutions and companies to the list to freeze and the prohibition of assets and banned provide financial support for trade and loans to the Syrian government, both at the bilateral level or through international financial institutions.

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And prohibit new measures according to the statement on the companies in the European Union, "dealing in government debt, Syrian, and prohibit Syrian banks to open branches in the countries of the European Union or to invest in European banks, also prohibits the export of equipment to the oil and gas industry Syrian including the refining and exploration, and prohibits companies in the European Union to invest in companies that establish new power plants in Syria. "

It also prohibits "sales of computer software or equipment that can be used to control the Internet or communications."

The European Union has imposed several rounds of sanctions on the government of President Bashar al-Assad since last May because of the violent suppression of the disturbances, including those sanctions ban the import of Syrian oil and a ban on new investments in the energy sector.

The Union's statement that he "will continue to press for strong action to the United Nations over Syria" and urged all members of the UN Security Council to "assume their responsibility to end violence in support of Syria and the Syrian people."

It is scheduled to announce a list of names soon, maybe tomorrow, Friday.

In contrast, Syria responded to declare suspension of its membership in the "Union for the Mediterranean."

A statement carried by the Syrian news agency SANA, said that "Syria suspends its membership in the" Union for the Mediterranean "in response to European procedures is unjustified taken against the Syrian people," she says.

The statement said that "the European Union has taken a series of measures constitute a flagrant violation of national sovereignty and blatant interference in the internal affairs without Syrian based on any objective approach."

It is said that the "Union for the Mediterranean" was established in 2008 at the initiative of France.

The European Union, announced on 2 August for the imposition of a series of new sanctions on the leaders of senior Syrian including the denial of visas and freezing their financial assets because of participation in the suppression of demonstrators in Syria, including the Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Ali Habib, head of military security in the city of Hama Mohamed Mufleh, and the Chief of the Internal Security Brigadier General Younis Tawfik, free of Syrian President Mohammad Makhlouf, known as Abu Rami, and associated with younger brother, Maher Assad, the Syrian president in the framework of the "militia Cbihh" loyal to the regime.

Syria has seen since the March 15 protest movement past the security forces, acting violently, and said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nations on Thursday December 1, the death toll in Syria of 4000 at least, describing the situation as like a civil war.

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