Today, the Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament expressed its concerns on the impact of economic sanctions imposed by the EU to certain countries on the fight against COVID-19, in a letter initiated by MEP Javier Nart and addressed to HR/VP Josep Borrell and to the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. The Group calls for the temporary implementation of an international moratorium on economic sanctions imposed on Cuba, Iran, Libya, Syria, North Korea and Venezuela and others, in order to improve emergency response capacities in the fight against COVID-19.
“We consider sanctions as supplementary and often necessary tools in pursuing Foreign Policy matters. However, we believe that to prevent best further consequences in several countries the EU should pursue, in a coordinated fashion with the UN and its international partners, the temporary implementation of an international moratorium on economic sanctions’ regime imposed among others to Cuba, Iran, Libya, Syria, North Korea and Venezuela.
We therefore urge the European Council to give a full mandate to the VP/HR to explore viable solutions to come to an effective and economic sanctions’ relief to the aforementioned countries for a determined period of time.
Moreover, we also call on VP/HR Borrell to make a plea with his US counterpart to discharge those countries from the ongoing embargo. These countries must be given the opportunity to export sufficiently, with resources strictly applied to the purchase of medical and sanitary equipment.
We believe that if Europe fails to preserve its humanitarian, rule-based global outreach now, it will not only lose its reputation and credibility vis-à-vis its international partners, but it will also no longer be able to claim the inherent value of its humanitarian and non-confrontational standing in world affairs.”
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