Tadic: Serbia's obligation to catch war crimes suspects
Monday, 04 Aug 2008 09:02
Boris Tadic says Serbia is 'obliged' to catch suspected war criminals
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Serbian president Boris Tadic has said it is his country's "obligation" to catch war crimes suspects wanted by The Hague.
Mr Tadic said Serbia's international obligation was not over just because it had handed over Radovan Karadzic.
"Cooperation with the Hague tribunal is a fact we cannot avoid if we want to raise Serbia's credibility. We have to arrest all those indicted by The Hague tribunal. It's our obligation," he told reporters.
Speaking for the first time since former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's arrest, the Serbian president said the search for two other suspects wanted by The Hague would continue until they were found.
Mr Karadzic's military leader General Ratko Mladic is still on the run.
The former leader is currently being held at a United Nations detention centre in the Netherlands before his trial in front of the international court.
During his preliminary hearing last week, he told the tribunal he would be representing himself.
Mr Karadzic is indicted for genocide and war crime over his role in the war in Bosnia.