Ljajić: No proof Mladić is in Serbia

Rasim Ljajić says there's no evidence that Hague fugitive Ratko Mladić is in Serbia.

Izvor: Tanjug

Sunday, 14.09.2008.

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Rasim Ljajic says there's no evidence that Hague fugitive Ratko Mladic is in Serbia. "We are carrying out our activities as if he were in Serbia, but at this time there is no evidence or lead to corroborate this. Discussion about whether Mladic is in Serbia and where he is hiding is useless and will lead us nowhere." Ljajic: No proof Mladic is in Serbia "We simply must finish this job as soon as possible, and that means Mladic located, arrested, and extradited to the Hague," the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal told the daily Vecernje Novosti. Ljajic also refused to speculate whether the former military leader of the Bosnian Serbs had changed his personal appearance, but said that the authorities have Mladic's so-called photo-robot. "I can't guess, although the photo-robot that we got of Radovan Karadzic proved to be completely inaccurate," Ljajic said, and added that such images have been produced for all previously arrested fugitives as well. The last raid in search for Mladic was organized recently, he revealed, and praised it by saying that "not even the media knew anything about it". "We will seek to in the future, too, carry out our actions in this way, because it raises our chances of success. Even the Tribunal complimented us on that raid," he said, and explained that "security services and if need be other state structures" are all taking part in the search for Mladic. But, he denied that foreign intelligence agencies were also involved, adding at the same time that official Belgrade "accepts and is ready for any form of cooperation", regardless of whether the information comes from "our own or foreign services". Ljajic also told the newspaper "his guess is" that the number of people surrounding Mladic is small, and that "all the attention is now focused on locating him". "Only after this, we will consider the security situation concerning his arrest, because this question is sensitive and is not irrelevant," Ljajic said, and added it was "still too early" to discuss the former Bosnian Serb general's money sources, but that the Belgrade authorities "have indications about this".

Ljajić: No proof Mladić is in Serbia

"We simply must finish this job as soon as possible, and that means Mladić located, arrested, and extradited to the Hague," the president of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal told the daily Večernje Novosti.

Ljajić also refused to speculate whether the former military leader of the Bosnian Serbs had changed his personal appearance, but said that the authorities have Mladić's so-called photo-robot.

"I can't guess, although the photo-robot that we got of Radovan Karadžić proved to be completely inaccurate," Ljajić said, and added that such images have been produced for all previously arrested fugitives as well.

The last raid in search for Mladić was organized recently, he revealed, and praised it by saying that "not even the media knew anything about it".

"We will seek to in the future, too, carry out our actions in this way, because it raises our chances of success. Even the Tribunal complimented us on that raid," he said, and explained that "security services and if need be other state structures" are all taking part in the search for Mladić.

But, he denied that foreign intelligence agencies were also involved, adding at the same time that official Belgrade "accepts and is ready for any form of cooperation", regardless of whether the information comes from "our own or foreign services".

Ljajić also told the newspaper "his guess is" that the number of people surrounding Mladić is small, and that "all the attention is now focused on locating him".

"Only after this, we will consider the security situation concerning his arrest, because this question is sensitive and is not irrelevant," Ljajić said, and added it was "still too early" to discuss the former Bosnian Serb general's money sources, but that the Belgrade authorities "have indications about this".

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