President Aleksandar Vučić announced that Serbia managed to get a new postponement sanction for NIS, this time for two months, until June 27.
He announced on Instagram: "Good news for the citizens of Serbia. Serbia managed to get a new postponement of sanctions for NIS, this time for two months, until June 27. Thank you to our American partners for understanding Serbia's position."
On Wednesday, the NIS company submitted a new request to the Ministry of Finance of the United States of America for the issuance of a special license that postpones the full implementation of the sanctions, and that the goal is to allow the company to operate smoothly even after April 28, which is the deadline stipulated in the license issued on March 28 of this year.
In a letter to the Office for Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Ministry of Finance, the Government of Serbia requested the extension of a special license that would delay the full implementation of sanctions against the Serbian Oil Industry after April 28.
At the end of February as well as at the end of March, the USA postponed the application of sanctions by one month.
The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added NIS to its sanctions list due to Russian ownership in the company.