Hitting the US with a "black list", the bell rings for Vuçi.

The United States sent a warning message to Serbia, sending official Paul Ahern on a "tour" of the Western Balkans, during which US sanctions against some individuals were discussed, so that some other persons near the Serbian authorities of are on the "black list", alongside Zvonko Veselinovic, a criminal businessman from northern Kosovo, and Milan Radojicic, deputy head of the Serb List.

This is how some analysts in Serbia interpret the visit of a senior US official in the Western Balkans region, during which he stayed in Belgrade in recent days and met with Serbian government officials.

During a three-day visit to Belgrade, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Paul Ahern spoke on the issue of sanctions, stressing that "individuals and companies subject to sanctions must be held accountable and their activities must be stopped." .

Ahern added that " President Biden has made it clear that the fight against corruption is a top priority for the United States" and that he "will continue to hold accountable the protagonists of corruption wherever they are . "

In addition to the official statement that sanctions have been discussed, diplomatic circles say unofficially that Serbian authorities have been told between the lines that such sanctions could hit several other people close to Aleksandar Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party, if Belgrade does not heed all messages from the United States on politics in the region.

According to Danas sources, for now Bosnia and Herzegovina will be under a greater "blow" from the United States, because Ahern himself openly announced in Sarajevo a possible tightening of sanctions for BiH, and the US, as well as the rest of the international community sees the situation in biH as a major threat to the stability of the region.

Ivan Vujacic, Serbia's former ambassador to the United States, told Danas that such a scenario was "absolutely possible" and that he assumed the sanctions would affect not only Kosovo but also Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

"The authorities in Belgrade must take this message seriously. I'm sure more has been said that will not be made public on the topic of sanctions. "Potentially, I would not be surprised if local officials were told that a list of several other names would be published soon and that they had been notified in advance, so as not to be surprised," Vujacic said.

Ai shpjegoi se nuk është për t’u habitur që sanksionet ishin temë e vizitës së Ahern, sepse zyra e OFAC, e cila merret me ngrirjen e fondeve të njerëzve në mbarë botën që janë në listën e sanksioneve amerikane, është nën autoritetin e Thesarit dhe Departamentit amerikan të Shtetit.

“Nga ana tjetër, ata kanë një njeri të veçantë që merret me sanksionet në koordinim me Departamentin e Shtetit, i quajtur James O’Brien, i cili ishte thellësisht i përfshirë në krizën tonë dhe pas kësaj ishte në grupin Albright”, theksoi ai.

Natan Albahari, Sekretar Ndërkombëtar i Lëvizjes së Qytetarëve të Lirë, tha për “Danas” se opozita në Serbi ka paralajmëruar për vite me radhë se ekziston një lidhje e drejtpërdrejtë midis Radoiçiçit dhe Veselinoviçit me Partinë Progresive Serbe dhe presidentit Aleksandër Vuçiçit dhe se sanksionet e SHBA-së kundër Veselinoviçit dhe Radoiçië janë sinjali më i fortë deri tani se Administrata e Bidenit do të merret seriozisht me Ballkanin Perëndimor dhe Serbinë.

“Këto sanksione janë një paralajmërim për Vuçiqin se ai nuk mund t’i fshehë lidhjet e tij me kriminelët, as paratë që i ka marrë prej tyre. Edhe pse mund të dëgjojmë se marrëdhëniet mes SHBA-së dhe Serbisë janë në rritje, kjo lëvizje, si dhe mos ftesa dhe vetëm më vonë miratimi që Serbia të marrë pjesë në Samitin për Demokraci të organizuar nga Biden, ia bën të qartë Vuçiçit se “carte blanche” që e kishte ka përfunduar gjatë administratës Trump”, tha Albahari.

He also expects additional sanctions and warnings in the future, because the United States wants measurable results in the fight against corruption, and on the other hand, "Vucic can hardly give up his closest collaborators, or improve the situation in the required areas, because that would lead to his accelerated fall from power ", he concludes./ Gazeta Express