Ranking Member Shaheen Calls for Reimposition of Sanctions on Milorad Dodik

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the below statement regarding the Trump Administration's decision to remove sanctions from Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik and calling for the reimposition of sanctions on Dodik.

"The Trump Administration should be embarrassed by its decision to remove Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik from U.S. sanctions last October. Mr. Dodik has been using secessionist rhetoric and undermining the integrity of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which flies in the face of the Administration's justification to delist Dodik and his cronies late last year. Mr. Dodik's visit to Washington has made it abundantly clear that he is not interested in putting the interests of all Bosnians ahead of his political interests. The Trump Administration should move swiftly to re-impose sanctions on Mr. Dodik under the mandatory sanctions that I secured in the most recent National Defense Authorization Act."

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