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Following US sanctions, Asim Sarajlic, a delegate to the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliamentary Assembly and a senior official in Bosnia’s leading Democratic Action Party, SDA, decided to resign.
“Although I have not been convicted of any first or last degree crime, I believe that – due to the decision of the American authorities to put me on the list of sanctioned persons – it is my obligation to withdraw from the positions I hold.” he said.
Asim Sarajlic: As a responsible person, for whom the interest of the state is above all, I do not want to be, in any way, an obstacle in the implementation of the joint strategic plans and partnerships between Bosnia and the United States. The United States is a true long-term friend and strategic partner of Bosnia and “no individual should be an obstacle to continued cooperation.
The Bosnian politician added that he would be available to the Bosnian judiciary at any time, “fully convinced” that he would “prove his innocence”. The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a list two days ago of those sanctioned for corruption, which includes seven people from the Western Balkans. Apart from Sarajlic from Bosnia, there is also the former chief prosecutor of this country, Gordana Tadic.
From Albania, the list included Aqif Rakipi and Ylli Ndroqi, from Montenegro the former senior official of the Democratic Party of Socialists, Svetozar Marovic, from northern Macedonia are the former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and the former head of the Security and Counterintelligence Directorate in this country, Sasho Mijalkov. Undersecretary of the US Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson said the sanctions “pose a serious threat to regional stability, institutional trust and the aspirations of those who want democratic and prudent governance in the Western Balkans”.
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