EU to Impose Sanctions on Libyan Regime

A photograph made available on 24 February 2011 shows Libyans holding anti-Leader Gaddafi placards (L and C), one (R) reads in Arabic 'No to destruction,.

EU's Member states have agreed Friday on imposing a visa ban and asset freeze on dictator Muammar Gaddafi and members of the regime and an arms embargo on Libya according to the German Foreign Office.

The embargo is expected to cover as well military hardware as goods which could be used to crack down on pro-democracy demonstrators. It is still unclear which members of the regime will be affected asset freeze and visa ban decisions, which are to be formalized next week.

Last Sunday, EU denounced strongly the Libyan governments' bloody crackdown against pro-democracy protesters and urged an end to the violence. However, they decided not to impose sanctions.

On Tuesday, the bloc's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton announced the suspension of negotiations on bilateral relations with the North African country.

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