Brammertz meets with Tadić, Cvetković

Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz has ended his two-day visit to Belgrade by meeting with senior state officials. None of the participants were available for comment after the meeting. Brammertz meets with Tadic, Cvetkovic Instead, the government and the president’s cabinet have issued separate statements. According to the statement from Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic’s cabinet, Brammertz said that the Tribunal had enjoyed very good cooperation with Serbia in the last few months. Cvetkovic said that Serbia had showed clear willingness to cooperate with the Tribunal and that the government and its bodies were doing everything they could to complete that cooperation as soon as possible. The government also stated that the prime minister expected the next report to be positive, given Serbia’s progress in cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. After his talks with the prime minister, Brammertz later met with President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic. Tadic said that Serbia was searching intensively for the remaining Hague fugitives and was working on the successful completion of cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, the president’s press service stated. Tadic underlined to Brammertz that Serbia’s state bodies had been “fully cooperating with the Hague.” Serge Brammertz (FoNet) Brammertz meets Action Team The Hague Tribunal chief prosecutor began a two-day visit to Belgrade by meeting with the members of the Action Team for the arrest of the remaining Hague fugitives. He also met with War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic and Security Information Agency (BIA) Director Sasa Vukadinovic. Brammertz will submit his regular six-monthly report on Serbia's cooperation with the Hague Tribunal to the UN Security Council at the end of this week, ahead of its official presentation in mid-December, when EU officials will also be informed of developments. Vukcevic asked for assistance in Serbia's ongoing investigation into the fate of some 300 Kosovo Serbs, who, the prosecution believes, were taken to camps in northern Albania after the 1999 war and had their vital organs removed to be sold on the black market. He also said that he hoped that the Brammertz report would include positive steps taken by Serbia in its cooperation with the Hague. Director of the Office of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Dusan Ignjatovic told B92 that there were no reasons why the remaining Hague fugitives should not be extradited to the Tribunal. Newly appointed Tribunal President Patrick Robinson said earlier that he would ask the Tribunal not to be closed before Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic were brought before the Tribunal.

Brammertz meets with Tadić, Cvetković

Instead, the government and the president’s cabinet have issued separate statements.

According to the statement from Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković’s cabinet, Brammertz said that the Tribunal had enjoyed very good cooperation with Serbia in the last few months.

Cvetković said that Serbia had showed clear willingness to cooperate with the Tribunal and that the government and its bodies were doing everything they could to complete that cooperation as soon as possible.

The government also stated that the prime minister expected the next report to be positive, given Serbia’s progress in cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.

After his talks with the prime minister, Brammertz later met with President Boris Tadić and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić.

Tadić said that Serbia was searching intensively for the remaining Hague fugitives and was working on the successful completion of cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, the president’s press service stated.

Tadić underlined to Brammertz that Serbia’s state bodies had been “fully cooperating with the Hague.”

Brammertz meets Action Team

The Hague Tribunal chief prosecutor began a two-day visit to Belgrade by meeting with the members of the Action Team for the arrest of the remaining Hague fugitives. He also met with War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević and Security Information Agency (BIA) Director Saša Vukadinović.

Brammertz will submit his regular six-monthly report on Serbia's cooperation with the Hague Tribunal to the UN Security Council at the end of this week, ahead of its official presentation in mid-December, when EU officials will also be informed of developments.

Vukčević asked for assistance in Serbia's ongoing investigation into the fate of some 300 Kosovo Serbs, who, the prosecution believes, were taken to camps in northern Albania after the 1999 war and had their vital organs removed to be sold on the black market. He also said that he hoped that the Brammertz report would include positive steps taken by Serbia in its cooperation with the Hague.

Director of the Office of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Dušan Ignjatović told B92 that there were no reasons why the remaining Hague fugitives should not be extradited to the Tribunal.

Newly appointed Tribunal President Patrick Robinson said earlier that he would ask the Tribunal not to be closed before Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić were brought before the Tribunal.