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US lawmakers seek new sanctions on the Balkans

2026-08-07 15:02:40Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

US lawmakers seek new sanctions on the Balkans

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged President Donald Trump's administration to impose sanctions on officials from Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina, following reports that local authorities have questioned the authors of a report on the denial of the Srebrenica genocide.

According to Semafor, the statement was signed by Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Roger Wicker, Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin, as well as Congressmen Bill Keating and Mike Turner.

"We are deeply concerned by reports that current and former employees, as well as collaborators of the Srebrenica Memorial Center, have been summoned for questioning," the lawmakers' statement said.

They are asking the Trump administration to implement the provisions of the annual defense law, which entered into force in March and provides for the imposition of sanctions against persons whom the US president deems to "threaten the security, stability, or territorial integrity of the Western Balkan states."

The White House and State Department have not commented on the request.

It is not the first time that Congress has requested the use of this mechanism.

Earlier this year, some of the same lawmakers asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to impose sanctions on former Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik over his calls for the Serbian entity to secede from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to the report, the US administration lifted sanctions against Dodik last year and then hosted him in Washington in February.

At the same time, Republika Srpska has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on lobbying activities with the second Trump administration.

Former US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Jim O'Brien, said this political proximity could explain the administration's reluctance to support statements recalling the Srebrenica genocide.

"You have a situation where an entity, in whose name genocide was committed, has a financial and political interest in being very close to this administration," O'Brien said.

According to Semafor, it still remains unclear whether the Trump administration will respond to lawmakers' request and activate the new sanctions mechanism for the Western Balkans.


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