Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the US Administration's decision to impose further sanction on Milorad Dodik.

The UK welcomed the US decision in January to impose sanctions in response to ongoing threats to Bosnia and Herzegovina's stability. Sanctions are also an important part of the UK toolkit for Bosnia and Herzegovina. In close coordination with our US, European and other international partners, we are reviewing a range of restrictive measures to introduce consequences for destabilising and dangerous behaviour. These include sanctions as well as greater conditionality attached to international assistance. We do not comment or speculate on future sanctions targets, as to do so could reduce their impact.