Hague prosecutor in Belgrade on Monday

Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will arrive here on Monday for a two-day visit, it has been confirmed.

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Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will arrive here on Monday for a two-day visit, it has been confirmed. Brammertz is preparing his regular six-month report to the UN Security Council, due to be presented in New York at the end of this month, that will appraise Serbia's cooperation with the UN war crimes court. Hague prosecutor in Belgrade on Monday It is believed that this report will be crucial as the EU makes its decision on whether to implement the SAA with Serbia – the association agreement signed in late April this year, and suspended immediately, pending Belgrade's full cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. Serbia's top officials are reported as being optimistic about the outcome, even though the two remaining fugitives – Bosnian Serb Ratko Mladic and Croatian Serb Goran Hadzic – have not yet been arrested. While visiting Sarajevo earlier this week, Brammertz said that their arrest is the tribunal's absolute priority, and that at issue is "the credibility of international justice and international community". Officials in Belgrade say that Serbia's "determination to extradite all the remaining fugitives is obvious after the arrest of Radovan Karazic". National Council for Hague Cooperation Office Director Dusan Ignjatovic told B92 TV in Belgrade on Sunday that "all aspects of the Hague cooperation are very good", and that the cooperation doesn't pertain only to the extradition of the indictees. Ignjatovic added that the authorities are "doing everything in their power" to "bring Mladic and Hadzic to justice", and stressed that this obligation "will not go away". Brammertz is scheduled to meet tomorrow with National Council President Rasim Ljajic and War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic and his team. On Tuesday, the chief Hague prosecutor will meet Serbia's president and prime minister, Boris Tadic and Mirko Cvetkovic, and other top state officials. A file photo of Serge Brammertz (FoNet)

Hague prosecutor in Belgrade on Monday

It is believed that this report will be crucial as the EU makes its decision on whether to implement the SAA with Serbia – the association agreement signed in late April this year, and suspended immediately, pending Belgrade's full cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.

Serbia's top officials are reported as being optimistic about the outcome, even though the two remaining fugitives – Bosnian Serb Ratko Mladić and Croatian Serb Goran Hadžić – have not yet been arrested.

While visiting Sarajevo earlier this week, Brammertz said that their arrest is the tribunal's absolute priority, and that at issue is "the credibility of international justice and international community".

Officials in Belgrade say that Serbia's "determination to extradite all the remaining fugitives is obvious after the arrest of Radovan Karažić".

National Council for Hague Cooperation Office Director Dušan Ignjatović told B92 TV in Belgrade on Sunday that "all aspects of the Hague cooperation are very good", and that the cooperation doesn't pertain only to the extradition of the indictees.

Ignjatović added that the authorities are "doing everything in their power" to "bring Mladić and Hadžić to justice", and stressed that this obligation "will not go away".

Brammertz is scheduled to meet tomorrow with National Council President Rasim Ljajić and War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević and his team.

On Tuesday, the chief Hague prosecutor will meet Serbia's president and prime minister, Boris Tadić and Mirko Cvetković, and other top state officials.

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