Security threatens, US extends Balkan emergency situation by one year

The United States of America has decided to last for another year the state of national emergency regarding the situation in the Western Balkans.

In the official document published in the Federal Register, the situation in the Balkan region reportedly continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to US national security and foreign policy.

The report stresses that the actions of individuals who threaten peace and efforts to stabilise in the Balkans continue to undermine democratic progress and the integration of the region into Euro-Atlantic institutions.

National emergency was first proclaimed on 26 June 2001 by then President George Bus to address the extraordinary threats to national security and foreign policy of the US stemming from extreme violence and actions hindering the implementation of international agreements in northern Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.