EU may impose sanctions against Niger in co-op with ECOWAS

The EU is waiting for the decisions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summit on Niger to determine the EU’s further actions against this country, including possible sanctions, Peter Stano, representative of the EU Lead Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said, Report informs referring to TASS.

The results of this meeting will, in a sense, show the EU in which direction to move forward, he stressed.

He added that the EU doesn’t exclude the imposition of sanctions against Niger in the ECOWAS cooperation, but declined to comment on possible sanctions at this stage.