EXCLUSIVE: Urgent investigation! Who is American money was spent in the Balkans?

A group of US senators has asked the newly appointed Secretary of State Rex Tilersona to promptly and thoroughly investigate spending American money in the Balkans, and specifically referred to Albania and Macedonia

"We demand an immediate investigation on the spending of money in the US State Department and US Agency for International Development (USAID) to support a left-wing political groups and the option imposed by sovereign states. One such group that received money through USAID's "Open Society" Foundation backed by George Soros, "it said in a letter to six senators.As conveyed Sarajevo "Dnevni Avaz", among the signatories of the letter is the former Republican candidate for US president Ted Cruz, Mike Lee of Utah, James Inhofe of Oklahoma, David Pardo from Georgia, Tom Tillis from North Carolina, and Bill Cassidy of Luzijana.

In a letter to Senator Secretary of State Tilersonu, points out that the US Embassy in Macedonia and Albania "for years actively intervened in political life" of these states, strongly supporting the left-wing parties.This, however, it is said, did not lead to stabilization and improvement of the situation in these countries, but on the contrary.Senators point out that Albania sees an increase in corruption, illegal drug trade and organized crime.

"Over the past few months, elected officials and political leaders of foreign countries they met with me transferring my disappointing news about US activities in their countries. There are also reports that diplomats favor their political minions, with money from USAID to support the extreme and sometimes violent political activists and the US government is doing on the marginalization of moderate and conservative leaders, "said Lee in a press release.

He warned that, for example, efforts to reform the judiciary in Albania such that in fact only strengthen the position of the current Prime Minister Edi Rama and give him complete control over the authorities of law enforcement.It is interesting that the senators have already written the US ambassadors in Macedonia and Albania and warned them the said condition. However, it was stated that the answers coming, especially from Macedonia, were not helpful.

Senators have warned that similar objections received and officials of the countries of Latin America and Africa."The most damaging consequences of US interference in this way, putting up so strongly on one side, is that it leads to resentment among many citizens of those countries who traditionally support strong ties with the United States. Such divisions open space with aggressive opportunists, like Russia, to intervene and create additional damage, "according to continue in the US statement.

• 16 Mar, 2017
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