The Council of the European Union (EU) will continue the proscription of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for a further six months, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
The EU on July 26, “renewed the list of persons, groups and entities set out by the Common Position 2001/931/CFSP with the view to combatting terrorism, and the LTTE continues to be banned in the EU for a further period of six months,” an statement by the ministry said.
Proscribed persons, groups and entities are subject to the freezing of its funds and other financial assets or economic resources in EU member states.
“It is also prohibited for EU entities to make funds and economic resources available to the proscribed organisations.”