Biden Issues Order Expanding Western Balkans Sanctions Authority
President Joe Biden issued a June 8 executive order expanding sanctions authorities against people involved in human rights abuses or threatening the security of the Western Balkans. The order “expands the designation criteria” to authorize sanctions against corruption in the…
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region and “other actions that obstruct key institutions and international agreements,” a fact sheet said. The Treasury Department will issue the sanctions in consultation with the State Department, the order said, and will allow the U.S. to target a broader range of actors that threaten the “peace, security, stability, or territorial integrity” of the Western Balkans. In a letter to Congress, the White House said the order specifically “broadens the geographic scope of the existing sanctions regime” to cover Albania.