By KUNA,
Washington : US President Barack Obama extended late on Wednesday the national emergency with respect to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor.
“The actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and other persons, in particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and property, continue to undermine Liberia’s transition to democracy and the orderly development of its political, administrative, and economic institutions and resources”, said Obama in a letter to Congress.
“These actions and policies continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor”, he added.
Executive Order 13348 was issued on July 22, 2004 by former President George Bush, blocking the property of certain persons connected to the former regime of Taylor.
Obama extended this executive order for another year.