SARAJEVO, Feb 26 (Hina) - The authorities in Belgrade should understand the International Court of Justice's ruling in Bosnia and Herzegovina's genocide lawsuit against Serbia and Montenegro as an opportunity to distance themselves
from committed crimes and establish full cooperation with the Hague war crimes tribunal, the German ambassador to Bosnia said in a statement on Monday.
SARAJEVO, Feb 26 (Hina) - The authorities in Belgrade should
understand the International Court of Justice's ruling in Bosnia and
Herzegovina's genocide lawsuit against Serbia and Montenegro as an opportunity
to distance themselves from committed crimes and establish full cooperation
with the Hague war crimes tribunal, the German ambassador to Bosnia said in a
statement on Monday. The European Union calls on Serbia and all
authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to intensify efforts so that the
remaining fugitives wanted by the Hague war crimes tribunal could be brought to
justice and so that their personal responsibility could finally be
established, said Ambassador Michael Schmunk, whose country is the current EU
president.
The German Embassy in Sarajevo also underlined that the prospect of all
Western Balkan countries was in Europe.
The ICJ, the highest UN judicial body, ruled today that the 1995
massacre of some 8,000 Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica, eastern Bosnia,
constituted genocide, but that Serbia was not responsible for the mass
killings, foreign news agencies reported.