Serbian Foreign Minister Says Mladic Must Be Captured
March 07, 2006
Foreign Minister Draskovic (file photo) (epa)
March 7, 2006 -- Serbia-Montenegro Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic predicts that the country could become a "place of stability" within months of the capture and extradition of the fugitive war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic to the UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague.
Draskovic underlined his belief that Mladic must be caught.
Mladic, a former Bosnia Serb general, has been charged over the massacre in thousands of Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995.
Many Serbs consider him to be a national hero.
UN prosecutors believe he is hiding in Serbia and European Union officials have set a March 31 deadline for Belgrade to extradite Mladic or face the prospect of talks on building closer ties being suspended.
(AP)