MEPs agree to review EU relations with Syria, Bahrain and Yemen after the continued violent suppression of demonstrators.

Revolt Resolution

https://api.multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/documents/20125/15532105/N001-110407-002-EN.srt

After the Syrian government's resignation  and President Assad's broken promises,

NGOs on the ground speak of more than  100 deaths since mid-March.

During the Strasbourg plenary, the EU  has called for an end to the violence.

The brutal repression  they have experienced is unacceptable.

To put pressure on President Assad,  MEPs have adopted a new resolution.

In particular, they want arms exports  to Syria to stop immediately.

It concerns the whole region  which we exported weapons to.

and all this when we knew  that the regimes were very authoritarian.

Member States continue to do so today  despite the situation and repression.

The resolution also covers  the violence carried out

against demonstrators  in Bahrain and Yemen.

The sanctions could be economic instead  of military, unlike those against Libya.

The three latest cases concerned  by today's resolution are different.

Although we regret the huge loss of life,  it's not like the situation in Libya

and so an EU intervention is  not being considered at the moment.

to review bilateral relations  with Bahrain and Yemen

and to use measures  such as asset freezes and travel bans.