EU extended travel restrictions for separatist leaders in Tiraspol

The Council of the European Union adopted a common position extending and amending common position on restrictive measures in the form of restrictions on admission against the leadership of the Transnistrian region of Moldova. The measures are renewed for a further period of 12 months, until 27 February 2008. The list of 17 persons covered by these measures remains unchanged, only identifiers of certain persons have been updated. The EU and the USA imposed restrictions on 17 self-proclaimed leaders in Tiraspol starting with 2003. Subsequently, the measures have been extended each year. Those 17 include the separatist leader Igor Smirnov and his 2 sons, the so-called minister of foreign affairs Valeri Litskai, the former chairman of the so-called Supreme Soviet, Grigori Marakuta and others.