EU bans export of luxury goods to Syria.
A series of emails published by the British newspaper The Guardian revealed that President Bashar al-Assad's family spends thousands of euros on exclusive items despite the conflict in the country.
247 with international agencies - European Union (EU) countries decided on Monday to impose a new round of sanctions against the Syrian regime to ban exports of luxury goods to the country, a measure that will be formalized throughout the day by the bloc's foreign ministers. This information comes from the EFE news agency.
The agreement was reached at a meeting of ambassadors from 27 countries prior to the ministerial meeting to be held in Luxembourg, according to EU sources. The international sanctions prohibit the sale of products ranging from exclusive foods such as caviar, truffles and certain wines to horses, and luxury clothing.
The new round of sanctions directly targets the lavish lifestyle of President Bashar al-Assad's family, just over a month after a series of emails revealed how they spend thousands of euros on exclusive items despite the conflict in the country.
These messages, published by the British newspaper The Guardian, showed online purchases of design objects such as chandeliers and tables from Paris made by the president's wife.
The emails also revealed that Assad himself used an American email address to evade Washington's sanctions and access entertainment websites on his tablet to download music.
According to community sources, a basis for its development could be the measures of this type that already exist for countries like North Korea.