SARAJEVO, Jan 2 (Hina) - Serbia and Montenegro will step up efforts in2006 to arrest Bosnian Serb wartime military commander Ratko Mladic,and his arrest is now a technical rather than a political issue, thechairman of the country's
national council for cooperation with theHague war crimes tribunal, Rasim Ljajic, said in an interview with theSarajevo newspaper "Dnevni avaz" published on Monday.
SARAJEVO, Jan 2 (Hina) - Serbia and Montenegro will step up
efforts in 2006 to arrest Bosnian Serb wartime military commander Ratko Mladic,
and his arrest is now a technical rather than a political issue, the chairman
of the country's national council for cooperation with the Hague war crimes
tribunal, Rasim Ljajic, said in an interview with the Sarajevo newspaper
"Dnevni avaz" published on Monday. Ljajic announced that a National
Security Council would soon be established to coordinate the activities of
Serbia and Montenegro's civilian and military intelligence services in locating
the fugitive general, who is wanted by the Hague tribunal on war crimes and
genocide charges.
Ljajic confirmed that Mladic had been receiving pension benefits in
Serbia until November 2005.