"However, Tolimir and Mladic did not have any contact with one another for quite some time, and Tolimir's capture does not necessarily mean that we are a step closer to Mladic," Ljajic said in an interview with Blic daily on Sunday. He added that previous cases had shown that most fugitives from the Hague tribunal had been hiding in the border area between the Bosnian Serb entity and Serbia.
Ljajic said that nobody knew the whereabouts of Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic and that Serbia should now focus on finding the three remaining fugitives, Mladic, Stojan Zupljanin and Goran Hadzic.
Tolimir's arrest on May 31 is a clear sign of Serbia's readiness to complete its cooperation and rebuild trust with the Hague tribunal.
The tribunal's chief prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, will arrive in Belgrade for a four-day visit on Monday.