EUROPE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SELF DELIVERS OPENING REMARKS AT HEARING ON SECURITY CHALLENGES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman issued the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Europe Subcommittee Chairman Keith Self delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled "U.S. Policy and Regional Security Challenges in the Western Balkans." Last December, this committee held a hearing to promote balance in the Balkans. It remains my assessment that the instability in the Western Balkans is the preeminent threat to U.S. national security interests. In a post-Ukraine war in Europe. And I will add, along with the possibility of the kinetic in the Baltic region in the north. In May of this year, I led a congressional delegation to obtain firsthand knowledge of ongoing c...