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FACTBOX-Turkey sanctions on Syria

by Reuters
Wednesday, 30 November 2011 13:46 GMT

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Nov 30 (Reuters) - Turkey imposed economic sanctions on Syria on Wednesday, joining Arab and Western countries putting pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to stop a crackdown on protesters, which the United Nations estimates has killed more than 3,500 people.

Here are details of the measures announced by Turkey:

* Strategic cooperation between the Turkish and Syrian governments has been suspended until a "legitimate government which is at peace with its people is in charge in Syria".

* Senior officials in Assad's administration and business people who have provided strong support to the government will be banned from travelling to Turkey.

* All sale of weapons and military equipment to Syria's army will be stopped.

* Delivery of weapons and military supplies overland through Turkey or through Turkish waters and airspace via a third country to Syria will be blocked.

* All relations with Syria's central bank to be frozen.

* All bank assets of the Syrian government in Turkey to be frozen.

* All financial credit dealings with Syria to be stopped.

* All transactions with the Commercial Bank of Syria except for existing transactions to be stopped.

* All credit agreements signed with the Eximbank to finance Syrian infrastructure projects to be stopped. (Writing by Jonathon Burch; Editing by Janet Lawrence)

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