Analysts on Brammertz’s visit

Analysts assess that Belgrade does not have any important news for Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammerz who will visit Serbia tomorrow. They say that the main topic of the talks will be arrest of the remaining Hague fugitives. Analysts on Brammertz’s visit The Hague Tribunal chief prosecutor will visit Belgrade on Monday where he will meet Serbian officials to discuss Serbia’s cooperation with the tribunal. Brammertz will have meetings with President Boris Tadic, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, Head of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal Rasim Ljajic and War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic. He is visiting Serbia as a part of preparations of the report on cooperation of the countries of the former Yugoslavia with the Hague Tribunal. Analyst Zoran Dragisic told B92 that official Belgrade would not have plenty of news for Brammertz. “Arrests are expected, everything else is talk that more or less nobody’s interested in. So far there is no evidence whatsoever that our authorities are getting closer to Ratko Mladic even by a millimeter. There were several of these performances, Bajka restaurant and so on, where nothing was found,” he pointed out. “Therefore, it was all done in order to offer something to Brammertz. So I’m afraid that his report will be very unfavorable because, simply, nothing that’s expected happened,” the analyst said. According to him, the chief prosecutor’s visit will not change anything and cooperation with the Hague Tribunal and arrest of Mladic and Goran Hadzic will remain a key condition for Serbia’s progress toward the EU. “We got a positive opinion of the (EU) foreign ministers on EU accession. Of course, I think that nobody will introduce sanctions to Serbia because of it, but I think that our European path and those expectations which are present among our citizens and undermined by our authorities will have to wait until after cooperation with the Hague Tribunal has been completed,” Dragisic explained. “I think that it will once again be confirmed that concrete results are expected but I don’t expect now that we will have any concrete negative consequences after the visit,” he stressed. The chief prosecutor will submit his report on cooperation of the countries of the former Yugoslavia with the Hague Tribunal to the UN Security Council on December 6. Serge Brammertz (Beta, file)

Analysts on Brammertz’s visit

The Hague Tribunal chief prosecutor will visit Belgrade on Monday where he will meet Serbian officials to discuss Serbia’s cooperation with the tribunal.

Brammertz will have meetings with President Boris Tadić, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković, Head of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal Rasim Ljajić and War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević.

He is visiting Serbia as a part of preparations of the report on cooperation of the countries of the former Yugoslavia with the Hague Tribunal.

Analyst Zoran Dragišić told B92 that official Belgrade would not have plenty of news for Brammertz.

“Arrests are expected, everything else is talk that more or less nobody’s interested in. So far there is no evidence whatsoever that our authorities are getting closer to Ratko Mladić even by a millimeter. There were several of these performances, Bajka restaurant and so on, where nothing was found,” he pointed out.

“Therefore, it was all done in order to offer something to Brammertz. So I’m afraid that his report will be very unfavorable because, simply, nothing that’s expected happened,” the analyst said.

According to him, the chief prosecutor’s visit will not change anything and cooperation with the Hague Tribunal and arrest of Mladić and Goran Hadžić will remain a key condition for Serbia’s progress toward the EU.

“We got a positive opinion of the (EU) foreign ministers on EU accession. Of course, I think that nobody will introduce sanctions to Serbia because of it, but I think that our European path and those expectations which are present among our citizens and undermined by our authorities will have to wait until after cooperation with the Hague Tribunal has been completed,” Dragišić explained.

“I think that it will once again be confirmed that concrete results are expected but I don’t expect now that we will have any concrete negative consequences after the visit,” he stressed.

The chief prosecutor will submit his report on cooperation of the countries of the former Yugoslavia with the Hague Tribunal to the UN Security Council on December 6.