SLOVENIA ON MAINTAINING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON THE

C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000353 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/06/2018 TAGS: PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EUN SI SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON MAINTAINING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON THE KARADZIC FAMILY REF: STATE 82494 Classified By: Amb. Yousif B. Ghafari, Reasons 1.4 (b,d) ¶1. (C) On August 6, Emboff met with Leon Marc, head of the MFA's Division for Southeast Europe, to urge the Government of Slovenia (GOS) not to prematurely lift the EU travel restrictions on the Karadzic family and to coordinate with the USG and the OHR in Bosnia on any changes to the sanctions against PIFWCs and their support networks, reftel. Marc admitted that the GoS had not yet considered the issue, but undertook to check with the MFA's consular division to determine whether the Karadzic family was on the ban list. He also said he would check with the Slovene Embassy in BiH as well as its Mission in Brussels. He suggested that the USG press the Commission as he predicted there would be an EU common position on the issue. GHAFARI