an hour agoAmericans warn sanctions for Serbia
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)The U.S. State Department has called today on all allies and partners to give up transactions with Russia that could bring up to imposing sanctions under the US legal act CAATSA. This is not the first time the U.S. State Department has warned that these measures are possible [...]
The Pantsir S anti-aircraft defence system, which was bought by Russia and with which so much prided in Serbia can now bring you trouble, as US law enables them to impose sanctions on Serbia if they buy weapons from Russia.
That's how the State Department answered U.S. Voice questions when asked about the first shipment of the Russian antiaircraft system.
“In conversation with senior government officials in many cases we have expressed concern over the purchase of Russian military equipment from Serbia, including the purchase of the Pantsir” system, State Department spokesman said.
One American was who disturbed Serbian public opinion and Serbian authorities with announcing his visit, Thomas Zarzecki, the leader of the task force 231 that oversees states that violate sanctions imposed on Russia at the US State Department. He had visited Serbia last year and had met with Serbia's officials on the issue. Serbia's diplomatic chief, Ivica Dacic, was clear and saw the need to appear and clarify the visit of US State Department official Thomas Zarzecki, then.
Thomas Zarzecki leads Air Force 231] of the U.S. State Department, which oversees implementation of section 231 of the 2017 legal act. CAATSA, tasked with condemning states that co-operate on military plains with the Russian Federation. This senior American official visits Belgrade in September last year.
Disgusting with this development had also expressed the EU when it advised Serbia to co-ordinate its state priorities and act according to the obligations it has taken, Peter Stano, spokesman for European Commission High Representative Josep Borrell.
