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Foreign Secretary welcomes sanctions on Assad supporters

Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after EU Foreign Ministers agreed to impose further sanctions on Syria.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon William Hague
• Published: 23 March 2012

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He said:

“I strongly welcome the EU’s agreement today to impose sanctions on an additional two oil companies and a further 12 individuals closely associated with the brutal repression being carried out by the Syrian regime. This is a further step in tightening the economic and diplomatic stranglehold on this criminal regime. The message to those who continue to side with Assad is clear - the violence must end and those responsible will be held to account”

Published 23 March 2012