Third countries align with EU restrictive measures concerning the Maldives, Ukraine and Crimea

In June 2019, the EU adopted the following measures:

• Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/993, repealing Decision 2018/1006/CFSP, which revoked the EU’s sanctions regime in the Maldives;
• Council Decision 2019/1108, which prolonged sectoral sanctions against Russia for 6 months; and
• Council Decision 2019/1018, which extended existing sanctions against Russia for 1 year in response to the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol.

Yesterday (13 August), the EU announced that the following countries have aligned themselves with the EU Maldives Decision: Turkey, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia, and Georgia. Declaration.

The following countries aligned themselves with the EU Russia sectoral sanctions decision: Montenegro, Albania, Norway, and Ukraine. Declaration.

And the following countries aligned themselves with the Crimea and Sevastopol sanctions: Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norway, Ukraine, and Georgia. Declaration.