Following a recent United Nations Security Council resolution,the Swiss government has decided to lift targeted sanctions against Eritrea. The sanctions - that include an arms embargo, travel bans and asset freezes - will be repealed as of Friday evening, or said a government statement. The UN Security Council had imposed the sanctions in December 2009 after Eritrea was suspected of supporting armed groups like Al-Shabaab with a view to destabilising the region. A border dispute with Djibouti also helped contribute to the decision. The sanctions were lifted by the UN on November 14 after no conclusive evidence of Eritrea’s support of Al-Shabaab had been reported by the specially appointed Eritrea Monitoring Group. A assembly between the presidents of Eritrea and Djibouti in September also helped convince the Security Council to drop the sanctions. approximately 20000 Eritreans live in Switzerland,the largest Eritrean diaspora in the world. In addition, Eritreans make up the largest ...
Source: swissinfo.ch