Criminals belong in prison, president says

Serbian President Boris Tadic has said that Serbia wants reconciliation with its neighbors and that it will do everything to put criminals behind bars. He pointed out, however, that he expected the same from other countries. Criminals belong in prison, president says At a Democratic Party (DS) Youth Congress Tadic repeated that Srebrenica massacre anniversary was on Monday and stressed that all other victims had the same respect and attention. Pointing out Serbia’s wish to reconcile with its neighbors, the president said that all those who had committed crimes needed to be in prison so nations and countries would not be blamed anymore and so citizens of former Yugoslav republics would be able to live together. According to him, this is the only way to create a normal political and cultural space in the territory of former Yugoslavia. Boris Tadic (Tanjug) “No better option than EU” Tadic said that there was no better option for Serbia than to join the EU, adding that the idea deserved support regardless of the fact that the EU itself had many problems. “I am convinced that the EU idea deserves support, even though at the moment it is not easy to explain why because it has its own problems. We are going toward it because there is no better option,” he stressed. According to him, the EU is not only a political and peace project but also an economic and technological one, and one needs to respond to all those challenges.

Criminals belong in prison, president says

At a Democratic Party (DS) Youth Congress Tadić repeated that Srebrenica massacre anniversary was on Monday and stressed that all other victims had the same respect and attention.

Pointing out Serbia’s wish to reconcile with its neighbors, the president said that all those who had committed crimes needed to be in prison so nations and countries would not be blamed anymore and so citizens of former Yugoslav republics would be able to live together.

According to him, this is the only way to create a normal political and cultural space in the territory of former Yugoslavia.

“No better option than EU”

Tadić said that there was no better option for Serbia than to join the EU, adding that the idea deserved support regardless of the fact that the EU itself had many problems.

“I am convinced that the EU idea deserves support, even though at the moment it is not easy to explain why because it has its own problems. We are going toward it because there is no better option,” he stressed.

According to him, the EU is not only a political and peace project but also an economic and technological one, and one needs to respond to all those challenges.