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EU leaves Australia behind with new Myanmar sanctions

Emma Connors
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Singapore | The European Union has responded to calls to limit the Myanmar military’s access to foreign currency by including a key oil and gas enterprise in its latest round of sanctions.

The state-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise is one of four organisations named, along with 22 individuals, in the EU’s new list of sanctions as the battle to weaken the military’s hold on power in the resource-rich Myanmar goes into its second year.

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Emma Connors was South-east Asia correspondent from October 2019 until mid-2023, based in Jakarta and Singapore. She has previously edited Perspective and Opinion and has written extensively across the AFR and related titles. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.connors@nine.com.au

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