Britain welcomes Turkey's decision to impose sanctions on Syria

LONDON (A.A) - The British secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs welcomed on Wednesday Turkish government's decision to impose sanctions on Syria. William Hague said that Syrian executives continued to ignore warnings of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, Arab League, Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and its closest neighbor Turkey. Hague also said the European Union (EU) was expected to make public a new package of sanctions on Thursday. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held a press conference earlier on Wednesday and unveiled sanctions on Syria over Damascus' refusal to halt a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests.   Following is a list of sanctions as announced Wednesday by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in a press conference in Ankara:    1- Turkey will suspend its High Level Strategic Cooperation Council until a legitimate rule is established in Syria.    2- Turkey will impose a travel ban on and freeze bank assets of members of the Syrian leadership who have been alleged to resort to violence and unlawful methods on Syrian people. Turkey will also take similar measures against businesspeople who give strong backing to the Syrian regime.    3- Turkey will halt sale and supply of all weapons and other military equipment to the Syrian army. 4- Turkey will intercept delivery of all weapons and other military equipment to the Syria through Turkish soil, air space and waters. 5- Relations between Turkish and Syrian central banks will be suspended.  6- Financial assets of the Syrian government in Turkey will be frozen.  7- Turkey will stop all financial credit dealings with Syria. 8- All operations, except for ongoing ones, with Syria will be stopped.  9- Turkey will suspend a Turkish Eximbank loan deal to finance Syrian infrastructure projects.