FILE PHOTO: Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan speaks during a signing ceremony with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in front of the news media at the State Department in Washington, U.S., September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Pool
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will impose "appropriate sanctions and restrictions" on Russia, its foreign minister said on Monday, including banking and financial measures and export controls on items that could be used as weapons against the people of Ukraine.
The tiny city-state, an Asian financial centre and key international shipping hub, complies with United Nations Security Council resolutions but rarely issues sanctions of its own against countries.
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