PM tells Hague Tribunal "to learn to respect Serbia"

"The life of Mr. Zdravko Tolimir is much more important that any request of the Hague Tribunal," Aleksandar Vucic has said, responding to reporters' questions.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 11.02.2016.

14:36

PM tells Hague Tribunal
(Tanjug, file)

PM tells Hague Tribunal "to learn to respect Serbia"

Vucic was referring to the death earlier in the week of Tolimir, convicted of war crimes, in a Hague Tribunal cell.

"Somebody must provide us with the answer to the question why a man has died in detention," Vucic said.

He added that his response to the treatment of Serbia's legal representative by the tribunal on Wednesday - during a hearing on the request to extradite three SRS party officials accused of contempt of court - was that Judge Alphons Orie, "and everyone in the Hague Tribunal," should "learn to respect the Republic of Serbia."

"And then we'll continue to talk in line with the laws of Serbia," Vucic added.

Serbia's justice minister on Wednesday announced that a protest note would be sent over the tribunal's behavior during the hearing, when Serbia's representative was "not allowed to finish the sentence and was treated with arrogance and rudeness."

Speaking on Thursday, Vucic said it was "incomprehensible" that the Serbian government never received a response to its request to grant Tolimir - who in the meantime passed away - temporary release on medical grounds.

"Nobody will humiliate Serbia, including the Hague Tribunal," he said.

When it comes to the SRS officials wanted by the tribunal, Vucic said the charges against them pertained to "small acts, that carry with them sentences of several months (in jail) - because these are not war crimes."

"On the other hand, the kind of disrespect shown toward Serbia yesterday (Wednesday) is incomprehensible and impermissible," he concluded.

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