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EU Lifts Sanctions Against Libya

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By Alexis Kela

Pan African News Agency
September 13, 1999

Brussels, Belgium - The European Union Monday decided to lift the sanctions imposed against Libya in 1992 in connection with the Lockerbie bombing, further tightened in 1986 on the allegation that Tripoli was supporting terrorism. The decision was unanimously adopted in Brussels by the foreign ministers of the 15-member EU countries, who said the embargo on arms sales to Libya was maintained.

The other sanctions included restrictions on the movement of Libyan diplomatic and consular staff, reduction of staff in Libyan diplomatic and consular missions, as well as restrictive provisions on the delivery of visas to Libyan nationals. The decision followed a report by UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, on the Libya's decision to renounce terrorism and respect UN resolutions.

The EU is to propose to other partners in the Euro- Mediterranean process in Barcelona that Libya be admitted as a full member of the process, which is the mechanism for co- operation between European and the Mediterranean countries.

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