Why $1bn in Balkans energy contracts are going to an obscure company connected to Donald Trump
Summary
A small and little-known company called AAFS Infrastructure and Energy is close to securing over $1 billion in contracts to build a pipeline in the Balkans. This pipeline will transport fossil gas from the United States to replace Russian supplies, and the company has connections to President Donald Trump through its American representatives.Key Facts
- AAFS Infrastructure and Energy is working on a pipeline project in Bosnia and Herzegovina worth more than $1 billion.
- The pipeline would carry fossil gas from the U.S. to the Balkans, reducing reliance on Russian energy.
- The company has no previous experience with projects of this size.
- AAFS’s American partners include a lawyer who worked for the Trump family and the brother of Trump’s former national security adviser.
- Both American partners were involved in efforts to challenge the 2020 U.S. presidential election results.
- U.S. officials under President Trump are pressing Bosnian leaders to approve AAFS’s pipeline project.
- The project has political significance because it could affect the peace and power balance established in Bosnia since the 1995 war.
- AAFS’s Bosnian founder, Amer Bekan, has a background in business and local politics but limited political success.
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