Written question asked by Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 14 November 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 November 2007. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 December 2007 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Serbia: Sanctions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his assessment is of the implementation of European Union sanctions on (a) Serbia and (b) Montenegro, with particular reference to the UK's compliance; what the total amount of assets frozen is by (i) EU member states and (ii) the United Kingdom in line with these sanctions; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: The UK is firmly committed to the full implementation of all EU sanctions, along with our EU partners.There are no EU financial sanctions imposed on Serbia or Montenegro. EU Common Positions 2000/696/Common Foreign and Security Policy and 2004/6947 Common Foreign and Security Policy and imposed an asset freeze on former President Milosevic and natural persons associated with him and individuals indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. To date no funds have been identified in the UK.

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