“Both Mladić and Thaci belong in Hague”

United Serbia (JS) leader Dragan Markovic stated late Saturday that Ratko Mladic’s arrest was Serbia's international obligation. He added, however, that former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci also belonged in The Hague. “Both Mladic and Thaci belong in Hague” He said that the obligation of cooperation with the Hague Tribunal was signed in Dayton 16 years ago, and was now being realized. "If Serbia wants to join the EU, if it wants the EU candidate status by the end of the year, then it must fulfill all the assumed obligations," Markovic told the journalists ahead of a public discussion organized by JS in the central Serbiyn town of Kraljevo. However, the JS leader stressed that his party had always insisted on equal criteria for all those accused of war crimes. "If it is said that a Serbian citizen believed to have committed a war crime should face the Hague Tribunal, then Hashim Thaci certainly belongs there as well. The Hague Tribunal should not have double standards," Markovic underscored. Dragan Markovic

“Both Mladić and Thaci belong in Hague”

He said that the obligation of cooperation with the Hague Tribunal was signed in Dayton 16 years ago, and was now being realized.

"If Serbia wants to join the EU, if it wants the EU candidate status by the end of the year, then it must fulfill all the assumed obligations," Marković told the journalists ahead of a public discussion organized by JS in the central Serbiyn town of Kraljevo.

However, the JS leader stressed that his party had always insisted on equal criteria for all those accused of war crimes.

"If it is said that a Serbian citizen believed to have committed a war crime should face the Hague Tribunal, then Hashim Thaci certainly belongs there as well. The Hague Tribunal should not have double standards," Marković underscored.