Ex-general says his acquittal was "contribution to Serbia"

Former Yugoslav Army (VJ) Chief of Staff Momčilo Perišič returned to Belgrade on Friday after he was acquitted of war crimes charges yesterday.

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BELGRADE Former Yugoslav Army (VJ) Chief of Staff Momcilo Perisic returned to Belgrade on Friday after he was acquitted of war crimes charges yesterday. Perisic was set free by the Appeals Chamber of the Hague Tribunal, and returned to the country on a government plane. Ex-general says his acquittal was "contribution to Serbia" Addressing reporters at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla airport, he said that his acquittal was "a modest contribution towards removing the anathema from the Serb people about the alleged violations of the customs of war". "I went to the Hague without any calculation to defend the honor of the army, the people and the state, and fortunately, I succeeded," Perisic was further heard saying, and adding that he "defended the citizens' honor, dignity and lives" during the 1990s wars, to then go on and "fight against the undemocratic regime of Slobodan Milosevic". Beside his family, friends, and reporters, Ministry of Defense State Secretary Zoran Djordjevic and Assistant to the Minister of Justice Milisav Corugic were also at the airport today, as were officials of the the Office for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. Perisic, who surrendered to the tribunal voluntarily, was found guilty and sentenced to 27 years in prison in 2011. He was charged with aiding and supporting artillery and sniper attacks against civilians in Sarajevo, carried out from the positions of the Army of the Serb Republic (VRS), and the murder of some 7,000 Muslims in Srebrenica. Another charge against him was that he failed to prevent rocket attacks on Zagreb in 1995, in which seven civilians died, although he had effective command and control over the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina. Perisic addresses reporters on Friday in Belgrade (Beta) B92

Ex-general says his acquittal was "contribution to Serbia"

Addressing reporters at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla airport, he said that his acquittal was "a modest contribution towards removing the anathema from the Serb people about the alleged violations of the customs of war".

"I went to the Hague without any calculation to defend the honor of the army, the people and the state, and fortunately, I succeeded," Perišić was further heard saying, and adding that he "defended the citizens' honor, dignity and lives" during the 1990s wars, to then go on and "fight against the undemocratic regime of Slobodan Milošević".

Beside his family, friends, and reporters, Ministry of Defense State Secretary Zoran Đorđević and Assistant to the Minister of Justice Milisav Čorugić were also at the airport today, as were officials of the the Office for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.

Perišić, who surrendered to the tribunal voluntarily, was found guilty and sentenced to 27 years in prison in 2011. He was charged with aiding and supporting artillery and sniper attacks against civilians in Sarajevo, carried out from the positions of the Army of the Serb Republic (VRS), and the murder of some 7,000 Muslims in Srebrenica.

Another charge against him was that he failed to prevent rocket attacks on Zagreb in 1995, in which seven civilians died, although he had effective command and control over the Army of the Republic of Serb Krajina.

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