A hearing entitled “United States (U.S.) Engagement in the Balkans” will be held before the Subcommittee for Europe on October 26th in the U.S. Congress. Such activities are the resultof the increased political tensions, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), where more specific U.S. moves are expected.
At that session, the guidelines of U.S. policy for Kosovo should be heard, but also for BiH, where the U.S. has already begun preparations for action by appointing new leaders. Thus, a new ambassador, Michael Murphy, should arrive in BiH soon, who ten years ago worked as a political advisor at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo.
Also, Ambassador Gabriel Escobar was appointed as the new regional representative, while Matthew Palmer was given the task of reforming the electoral process in our country.
By the end of the month or the beginning of November, the U.S.should publish a new black list with the names of people and companies that will receive a certain type of American punishment, primarily for corruption and crime that the U.S.considers threatening. The U.S. embassy in Sarajevo emphasized even earlier that the sanctions could go in the direction of banning travel to the U.S., ie refusing a visa, but it is obvious that it will not be all.
It is important to mention that this time, the U.S. sanctionsshould be followed by some European countries, and Great Britain has already publicly confirmed that they will do that. The sanctions were clearly announced by Ambassador Escobar in a conversation with Milorad Dodik about ten days ago.
The U.S., on the other hand, is most expected to cut off some political savagery from the RS entity, specifically the announcement of an overthrow of the state, the formation of parallel institutions, which is the main catalyst for instability in BiH. Given that the state faces the challenge of electoral reforms, partial changes to the Constitution, and work on European and regional integration, preventing a blow to the state is imperative.
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Source: Klix.ba
