Dutch News
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Foreign minister Uri Rosenthal expects the European Union will on Friday agree to an oil embargo against Syria following the violent crack-down on pro-democracy campaigners, the Volkskrant reports.
‘The Netherlands is working towards an EU oil embargo and new EU sanctions. I think they will come into effect tomorrow,’ Rosenthal is quoted as saying on Thursday.
The embargo would involve a ban on the import of crude oil and oil products from Syria. In addition, officials are working out a ban on the financing of insurance for oil transports, the paper said. This will also make it difficult for non-EU countries to import Syrian oil.
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Rosenthal, Sarkozy, Millibrand, Straw, etc….
Since when do Europeans allow Jews to run their foreign policy for the good of Israel.
I thought only America did that!
Well I am going to be boycotting the Netherlands then. I’ll never fill up at a Shell Station, and I won’t be going to Amsterdam on tourism anymore.