Mladić arrest “creates space for dialogue”

Ratko Mladić’s arrest has created a space for dialogue to replace bloodshed in the Balkans, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton says.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 03.06.2011.

10:46

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Ratko Mladic’s arrest has created a space for dialogue to replace bloodshed in the Balkans, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton says. She added that the EU would play its part in it. Mladic arrest “creates space for dialogue” “The capture matters for two big reasons. First, it reminds mass murderers everywhere that the world will not countenance their crimes. A further step has been taken towards a world in which justice trumps tyranny. Second, it adds to the real hope for lasting peace in the Balkans. We are approaching the centenary of the gunshot in Sarajevo that triggered the World War I. Ever since then and, indeed, for years before, the Balkans has been a byword for division, conflict and brutality,” Ashton wrote in a text for British Guardian. “There is no certainty that those days are over, but there is now a space for politics and dialogue to replace the bloodshed,” she added. Ashton said that having been briefed on the details of the capture, she was certain that the fact that the arrest operation took place on the day of her visit to Belgrade was pure coincidence “However, what is not a coincidence is the link between Tadic's wish to take Serbia into the European Union and his insistence on removing the stain of how Serbia's rulers behaved in the 90s. He is determined to catch the tide of democracy that has replaced communist, nationalist and fascist tyrannies throughout the rest of Europe,” the EU high representative pointed out. Ashton stated that it was her job to help the Serbian president and others with the same ambition. “We hope to complete negotiations with Croatia this year and to start them with Serbia perhaps next year,” she added. Boris Tadic and Catherine Ashton

Mladić arrest “creates space for dialogue”

“The capture matters for two big reasons. First, it reminds mass murderers everywhere that the world will not countenance their crimes. A further step has been taken towards a world in which justice trumps tyranny. Second, it adds to the real hope for lasting peace in the Balkans. We are approaching the centenary of the gunshot in Sarajevo that triggered the World War I. Ever since then and, indeed, for years before, the Balkans has been a byword for division, conflict and brutality,” Ashton wrote in a text for British Guardian.

“There is no certainty that those days are over, but there is now a space for politics and dialogue to replace the bloodshed,” she added.

Ashton said that having been briefed on the details of the capture, she was certain that the fact that the arrest operation took place on the day of her visit to Belgrade was pure coincidence

“However, what is not a coincidence is the link between Tadić's wish to take Serbia into the European Union and his insistence on removing the stain of how Serbia's rulers behaved in the 90s. He is determined to catch the tide of democracy that has replaced communist, nationalist and fascist tyrannies throughout the rest of Europe,” the EU high representative pointed out.

Ashton stated that it was her job to help the Serbian president and others with the same ambition.

“We hope to complete negotiations with Croatia this year and to start them with Serbia perhaps next year,” she added.

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