Brammertz: Arresting fugitives paramount

Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz has repeated that the most important issue remains the arrest of Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic. Brammertz, who is on a two-day visit to Belgrade, did not wish give a precise assessment of Serbia’s cooperation but said that it was a constant process and that there were two more weeks before his new report is due to be submitted to the UN Security Council. Brammertz: Arresting fugitives paramount Brammertz today held meetings with President of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal Rasim Ljajic and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic. Upon his arrival in Belgrade last night the chief prosecutor met with representatives of Serbian services which are searching for the Hague indictees. He talked to members of the action team and its operatives, directors of the Security-Information Agency (BIA) and Military Security Agency (VBA) for several hours. EU’s ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia depends on the cooperation assessment that will find its way into Brammertz’s new report. Brammertz, Cvetkovic meet (Beta) “No reason to believe Mladic is not in Serbia” Brammertz told a news conference in Belgrade this Thursday that based on the information he was given he had no reason to believe former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic was anywhere outside of Serbia. My associates share this impression, Brammertz was quoted as saying. “We are conducting a detailed analysis of why Mladic still has not been arrested,” Brammertz said and announced that the indictment against Mladic will be amended with additional charges. Brammertz said that there can be no alternative to the arrest of Mladic and Goran Hadzic and that he expects Serbian authorities to take practical measures to bring them to justice and the politicians to support their efforts. Commenting on the declaration condemning the crime in Srebrenica passed in the Serbian parliament, Brammertz said he will not mention the Serbian government's gesture in his next report to the UN Security Council which is due in June. “This is not something I will mention in the cooperation report, because it is a political statement. Of course it is a step in the right direction, but I hope it was taken for the benefit of Serbia and its people and not of the Hague Tribunal,” Brammertz said.

Brammertz: Arresting fugitives paramount

Brammertz today held meetings with President of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal Rasim Ljajić and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković.

Upon his arrival in Belgrade last night the chief prosecutor met with representatives of Serbian services which are searching for the Hague indictees. He talked to members of the action team and its operatives, directors of the Security-Information Agency (BIA) and Military Security Agency (VBA) for several hours.

EU’s ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia depends on the cooperation assessment that will find its way into Brammertz’s new report.

“No reason to believe Mladić is not in Serbia”

Brammertz told a news conference in Belgrade this Thursday that based on the information he was given he had no reason to believe former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladić was anywhere outside of Serbia.

My associates share this impression, Brammertz was quoted as saying.

“We are conducting a detailed analysis of why Mladić still has not been arrested,” Brammertz said and announced that the indictment against Mladić will be amended with additional charges.

Brammertz said that there can be no alternative to the arrest of Mladić and Goran Hadžić and that he expects Serbian authorities to take practical measures to bring them to justice and the politicians to support their efforts.

Commenting on the declaration condemning the crime in Srebrenica passed in the Serbian parliament, Brammertz said he will not mention the Serbian government's gesture in his next report to the UN Security Council which is due in June.

“This is not something I will mention in the cooperation report, because it is a political statement. Of course it is a step in the right direction, but I hope it was taken for the benefit of Serbia and its people and not of the Hague Tribunal,” Brammertz said.