"Foreign agencies help in Mladić hunt"

Serbia is closely cooperating with Western intelligence agencies in locating the most wanted Hague fugitive, Ratko Mladic. This is according to Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, who on Monday in Belgrade also said that it is still not known where Mladic is. "Foreign agencies help in Mladic hunt" The Netherlands is refusing to support closer ties between Serbia and the European Union until Mladic is arrested. Dacic told Reuters that Mladic and other Hague fugitive Goran Hadzic are "an excuse for blackmailing Serbia." "We are cooperating well with foreign agencies in locating war criminals on the run," said Dacic and added that "some of the searches in the last few years were based on information received from foreign intelligence agencies, but that the information had turned out to be erroneous." Dacic emphasized that the Serbian authorities remain determined to put an end to the war crimes issue. "We are checking information on their helpers," said Dacic, adding that the two fugitives should "peacefully surrender since the country is their virtual hostage." Ivica Dacic (FoNet, archive)

"Foreign agencies help in Mladić hunt"

The Netherlands is refusing to support closer ties between Serbia and the European Union until Mladić is arrested.

Dačić told Reuters that Mladić and other Hague fugitive Goran Hadžić are "an excuse for blackmailing Serbia."

"We are cooperating well with foreign agencies in locating war criminals on the run," said Dačić and added that "some of the searches in the last few years were based on information received from foreign intelligence agencies, but that the information had turned out to be erroneous."

Dačić emphasized that the Serbian authorities remain determined to put an end to the war crimes issue.

"We are checking information on their helpers," said Dačić, adding that the two fugitives should "peacefully surrender since the country is their virtual hostage."