Friday, December 29, 2006

While it's nice to see that good things may be happening, let us not forget what the West considers to be the only important issue with regards to Serbia and its current status:

BELGRADE (AP)--Serbia's prime minister said resumption of pre-entry talks with the European Union would speed up the arrest of top U.N. war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic.
Vojislav Kostunica told Serbian state television in an interview late Thursday the E.U. decision earlier this year to freeze the negotiations with Belgrade over Serbian failure to capture Mladic only made it harder for the country to hand him over. The fugitive general is wanted on genocide charges by the U.N. court in The Hague, Netherlands.
"Had the talks continued, then the obligation to detain and transfer Ratko Mladic to The Hague would have been more easily fulfilled in an atmosphere of cooperation," Kostunica said.
Kostunica didn't explain how restarting E.U. talks would help in hunting down Mladic, insisting his government isn't aware of the general's whereabouts. He, however, said "it was very important not to suspend those talks."
There was no immediate comment from the E.U.
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20061229%5cACQDJON200612290649DOWJONESDJONLINE000336.htm&

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