EUROPEAN UNION
Brussels, 21 November 2011
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with the Council Decision 2011/706/CFSP amending Decision 2010/368/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against the Republic of Guinea.
On 27 October 2011, the Council adopted Council Decision 2011/706/CFSP1. The Council Decision renews and amends the restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea.
This declaration is made to announce that the following countries have declared that they share the objectives of Council Decision 2011/706/CFSP:
The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*, Montenegro* and Iceland+, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania and Serbia, and the EFTA countries Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as the Republic of Moldova, Armenia and Georgia.
They will ensure that their national policies conform to this Council Decision.
The European Union takes note of this commitment and welcomes it.
1 Published on 28.10.2011 in the Official Journal of the European Union no. L 281, p. 28
* Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.
+ Iceland continues to be a member of the EFTA and of the European Economic Area.