VISA INELIGIBILITY ON FOREIGN POLICY GROUNDS -

C O N F I D E N T I A L SARAJEVO 001529 SIPDIS SIPDIS FOR EUR/SCE (FAGAN, HOH),S/WCI (WILLIAMSON, DENICOLA, LAVINE) AND CA/VO/L/C (ROWLES, KOTVAL) E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/12/2017 TAGS: CIVS KAWC ICTY PREL BK SUBJECT: VISA INELIGIBILITY ON FOREIGN POLICY GROUNDS - DAYTON OBSTRUCTERS Classified By: DCM Judith B. Cefkin. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (U) Action request: see paragraph 4. ¶2. (U) On July 10, the High Representative Miroslav Lajcak dismissed Mr. Dragomir Andan from office for activities deemed to obstruct implementation of the Dayton Agreement. Andan is a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the former Director of the Republika Srpska (RS) Police. Prior to his removal, he was Deputy RS Director of Police Training. The High Representative ordered his removal from office at the request of and in consultation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in order to prevent him from being able to use his position to continue as a member of the war criminal support network. Specific information is available on the OHR website (http://www.ohr.int). ¶3. (C) On July 9 the European Union (EU) agreed to increase to 42 the number of individuals from the former Yugoslavia who are prohibited from entering the EU because they continue to be members of the war criminal support network. OHR, in the wake of the Adnan removal, provided us with a copy of the complete EU visa ban list. We compared that list with our current 212(f) list and found that 25 of the individuals on the EU list are not currently listed 212(f) in CLASS. In light of the EU decision, we believe the Department should designate these individuals 212(f). Post has sent CA/VO/L/C via email a copy of the list, which is embargoed until it becomes official on/about July 23, when the CoE President signs the Council Decision and it is published in the CoE Gazette. ¶4. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests that the following individuals be listed in CLASS as ineligible under 212(f) (obstructing Dayton Agreement implementation). Place of birth is given as the current territory that was part of the former Yugoslavia. (1) ANDAN, Dragomir, DOB 12Apr51, POB Sarajevo, BiH (2) BIBIJA, MILORAD, DOB 13Aug56, POB BiH (3) HADZIC (NUDIC),Zivka, DOB 09Jun67, POB Croatia (4) HADZIC, Goranka, DOB 18Jun62, POB Croatia (5) HADZIC, Ivana, DOB 22Feb83, POB Croatia (6) HADZIC, Srecko, DOB 08Oct87, POB Croatia (7) JOVICIC, Predrag, DPB 01Mar63, POB BiH (8) KESEROVIC, Dragomir, DOB 08Jun57, POB BiH (9) KIJAC, Dragan, DOB 06Oct56, POB BiH (10) MALIS, Milomir, DOB 03Aug66, POB Bjelice, (BiH or Montenegro) (11) MARIC, Milorad, DOB 09Sept57, POB BiH (12) MICEVIC, Jelenko, DOB 08Aug47, POB BiH (13) MLADIC, Biljana, DOB 30May72, POB Macedonia (14) MLADIC, Bosiljka, DOB 20Jul47, POB Croatia (15) MLADIC, Darko, DOB 19Aug69, POB Macedonia (16) OSTOJIC, Zoran, DOB 29Mar61, POB BiH (17) PAVLOVIC, Petko, DOB 06Jun57, POB BiH (18) POPOVIC, Cedomir, DOB 24Mar50, POB Petrovici (BiH or Serbia or Montenegro) (19) RADOVIC, Nade, DOB 26Jan51, POB BiH (20) ROGULJIC, Slavko, DOP 05May52, POB Serbia (21) SKOCAJIC, Mrksa, DOB 05Aug53, POB BiH (22) ZOGOVIC, Milan, DOB 07Oct39, POB Dobrusa (BiH or Serbia) (23) ZUPLJANIN, Divna, DOB 15Nov56, POB BiH (24) ZUPLJANIN, Mladen, DOB 21Jul80, POB BiH (25) ZUPLJANIN, Pavle, DOB 18Jul84, POB BiH (26) ZUPLJANIN, Slobodan, DOB 17Nov57, POB BiH MCELHANEY