The European Union will tighten sanctions against Myanmar next week after it failed to release democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi and recognise her National League for Democracy Party (NLD), the EU said on Thursday.

Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi has spent more than half of the past 15 years under house arrest. Her party won elections by a landslide in 1990 but the military ignored the result and locked up many of her supporters.

“Today, Oct. 7, these conditions have not been met. As a result the EU will, at a meeting on Oct. 11, impose stricter sanctions on the regime in Myanmar,” Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot said in a statement.

The Netherlands holds the rotating presidency of the 25-member-state EU. Bot is attending an Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Vietnam at which developments in Myanmar are likely to dominate.

The EU will expand its visa ban, prohibit EU-registered countries from financing state-owned companies in Myanmar and vote against international organisations extending loans to Myanmar.

The EU is also to draw up proposals to curb the export of teak from Myanmar. It also plans to increase funding for health and education in Myanmar in consultation with the NLD.

The EU had warned Myanmar that it would impose sanctions unless Suu Kyi was released and her party recognised and allowed to take part in a national convention. The 25-member-state bloc also called for the
convention to be an open forum.