11 non-EU states, including Armenia and Azerbaijan, joined the EU Council's decision to extend the so-called EU Magnitsky Act for another year, which Brussels has accused of "serious violations of human rights". This was stated in the statement of the head of the EU's foreign policy service, Josep Borrell.
Within the framework of this regime, a ban on entering the EU and a freeze on financial assets in the territory of the EU countries have been introduced for the citizens, security forces and companies of Iran, China, North Korea, Russia, Syria and other countries.
"On December 4, the EU Council extended the current ban measures for another 12 months, until December 8, 2024, and clarified the list of persons and entities subject to restrictions. Candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as European Free Trade Area members Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway joined this decision of the EU Council. Armenia and Azerbaijan also joined the document," Borrell said.
Along with this announcement, the EU Foreign Policy Service published two more with almost the same text, on the accession of non-EU countries to the decisions of the EU Council on the extension of sanctions against the DPRK and sanctions against the leadership of Transnistria. The same countries, except Armenia and Azerbaijan, plus Serbia and Georgia joined the sanctions against the DPRK. Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iceland, Serbia did not join the sanctions against Transnistria.
