BRUSSELS, May 8 (Hina) - European Commissioner for External Affairs Chris Patten on Tuesday harshly condemned Monday's violence by "a crowd of Bosnian Serb thugs" in Banja Luka. "It takes a particularly sick cast of mind to attack old
women attending a ceremony that was supposed to symbolise peace and reconciliation. We look to the Republika Srpska authorities to find those responsible and to make sure they face justice," Patten said in a statement released in Brussels. "EU taxpayers are spending huge sums to assist Bosnia and Herzegovina including the Republika Srpska: the sort of mediaeval behaviour we saw yesterday has no place in modern Europe," said Patten.(hina) rml
BRUSSELS, May 8 (Hina) - European Commissioner for External Affairs
Chris Patten on Tuesday harshly condemned Monday's violence by "a
crowd of Bosnian Serb thugs" in Banja Luka.
"It takes a particularly sick cast of mind to attack old women
attending a ceremony that was supposed to symbolise peace and
reconciliation. We look to the Republika Srpska authorities to find
those responsible and to make sure they face justice," Patten said
in a statement released in Brussels.
"EU taxpayers are spending huge sums to assist Bosnia and
Herzegovina including the Republika Srpska: the sort of mediaeval
behaviour we saw yesterday has no place in modern Europe," said
Patten.
(hina) rml