Marinko Umicevic

Marinko Umicevic, the technical director of the Bema shoe factory, who gained widespread publicity when he sent two pairs of shoes to Melania Trump four years ago, has now sent the US first lady a pair of white lacquered house slippers as a sign of support for her husband's upcoming campaign for re-election.

A flask decorated with the motif of Banja Luka, a handmade jewelry box and a framed photograph featuring members of the student parliament and the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, are headed for Washington.

Marinko Umicevic, technical director of Banja Luka's Bema shoe factory, said that he had sent a letter apologizing to Melania Trump because he will not be able to come to her husband's Washington inauguration on January 20 despite receiving an invitation from her.

Marinko Umicevic, director of the Banja Luka-based factory Bema, told BIRN on Wednesday that he had been having sleepless nights since receiving an invitation to one of the inauguration parties for new US President Donald Trump on January 20.

After scoring a publicity coup by sending shoes to soon-to-be US First Lady Melania Trump, the Banja Luka-based company Bema will provide free footwear for war crimes defendants held in the UN tribunal's detention unit in the Netherlands.