{"id":38243,"date":"2021-07-30T11:58:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T18:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38243"},"modified":"2021-07-30T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T22:59:00","slug":"joint-statement-by-secretary-of-state-antony-j-blinken-and-treasury-secretary-janet-l-yellen-welcoming-the-eu-sanctions-regime-on-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38243","title":{"rendered":"Joint Statement by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen Welcoming the EU Sanctions Regime on Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>07\/30\/2021 05:09 PM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p><em>Begin text:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The United States welcomes the EU\u2019s adoption today of a new sanctions regime to promote accountability and reform\u00a0in Lebanon.\u00a0 As an increasing number of Lebanese suffer from the country\u2019s worsening economic crisis, it is critical that Lebanese leaders heed their people\u2019s repeated calls for an end to widespread corruption and government inaction and form a government that can initiate the reforms critical to address the country\u2019s dire situation.<\/p>\n<p>Sanctions are intended, among other things, to compel changes in behavior, and promote accountability for corrupt actors and leaders who have engaged in malign behavior.\u00a0 We welcome the EU\u2019s use of this powerful tool to promote accountability on a global scale. The United States looks forward to future cooperation with the EU in our shared efforts.<\/p>\n<p><em>End text.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>07\/30\/2021 05:09 PM EDT &nbsp; Office&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38244,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38243\/revisions\/38244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}