US sanctions czar to press allies on Libya, Iran
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23-Apr-2011 (one comment)

WASHINGTON — US sanctions czar David Cohen will travel to France and Turkey next week, hoping to keep up international pressure on regimes in Iran and Libya, the Treasury Department said Friday.

Cohen, the acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, will meet senior officials in both countries during a four day visit starting Sunday.

The Treasury Department said Cohen would discuss efforts to apply "maximum pressure" on the regime of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi.

As fighting between Libyan rebels and forces loyal to Kadhafi has raged the United States and its allies have tried to force defections from Kadhafi's inner circle by freezing the assets of his top lieutenants.

The United States has frozen around $34 billion in Libyan assets since sanctions were introduced in February, the ever amount.

The Treasury Department said the trip would also "emphasize the importance of robust implementation of the multilateral sanctions regime on Iran."

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Simorgh5555

New sanctions: "maximum pressure" coming up

by Simorgh5555 on Sat Apr 23, 2011 04:03 AM PDT

This is the kind of tough action we need. Get those Europeans who are still trading with the Terror regime in line. 


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