Non-EU Countries Impose EU's Sanctions Regime Related to Niger

A group of European countries not in the EU aligned with a recent sanctions decision from the European Council in light of the situation in Niger, the council announced Nov. 8. On Oct. 23, the council established the sanctions framework to target those responsible for threatening the security of Niger and undermining the "constitutional order, democracy, and the rule of law." North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Armenia and Azerbaijan all followed suit and imposed the sanctions.