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Serbia suspended all arms exports for 30 days, the defense minister said Friday, just days after the United States imposed sanctions on the Balkan country’s intelligence chief over alleged ...
On November 8, 1991, the European Economic Community imposed the first economic sanctions against former Yugoslav republics, while on December 2 it lifted sanctions and reinstated economic aid to all republics other than Serbia and Montenegro. [4] The sanctions forbade the EEC's members from importing textiles from Yugoslavia and suspended an ...
Serbia's president said Wednesday the real reason why the country's intelligence chief is facing U.S. sanctions is his position toward Russia and not corruption allegations. The U.S. on Tuesday ...
Primary sanctions restrict US companies, institutions, and citizens from doing business with the country or entities under sanctions. [109] According to Abdelal, secondary sanctions often separate the US and Europe because they reflect US interference in the EU's affairs and interests.
The FRY faced sanctions from the United Nations, the European Union, and the United States during the Bosnian War and the Kosovo War.The UN Security Council passed over 100 resolutions against the FRY and Serbians from 1992-1995 including a ban on international trade, scientific and technical cooperation, sports and cultural exchanges, air travel, shipments, and travel of government officials. [2]
Serbia has refused to join Western sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine though it has condemned Moscow's aggression. Populist President Aleksandar Vučić has said that imposing the sanctions wasn't in Serbia’s national interest. “Serbia is not only a strategic partner of Russia, Serbia is also Russia’s ally,” Vulin said.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said that Vulin used his public authority to help a U.S.-sanctioned Serbian arms dealer move illegal arms shipments across Serbia’s borders. Vulin is also accused of involvement in a drug trafficking ring, according to U.S. authorities.
Serbia's intelligence chief, who has fostered closer ties with Russia and is under sanctions by the United States, resigned Friday after less than a year in the post, saying he wanted to avoid ...