Seeing no progress on human rights, European Union foreign ministers said they will keep sanctions against Myanmar and its military junta until April 2010, calling for a new commitment to democracy in the country although past entreaties have been ignored. The 27-member EU currently has an arms embargo, trade restrictions and visa bans on Myanmar’s leaders. “The authorities of Burma/Myanmar have still to take the steps necessary to make the planned 2010 elections a credible, transparent and inclusive process ... The council (of EU member states) deems it necessary to extend the current (sanctions) by another year,” the ministers said in a statement.