BRUSSELS/ZAGREB, Sept 30 (Hina) - Foreign ministers of European Union member-states on Monday called on countries in the area of the former Yugoslavia to strengthen cooperation with the Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal (ICTY), and
announced possible additional measures to be taken against persons who were harbouring fugitive indictees, wanted by the ICTY.
BRUSSELS/ZAGREB, Sept 30 (Hina) - Foreign ministers of European
Union member-states on Monday called on countries in the area of the
former Yugoslavia to strengthen cooperation with the Hague-based
UN war crimes tribunal (ICTY), and announced possible additional
measures to be taken against persons who were harbouring fugitive
indictees, wanted by the ICTY. #L#
"The Council supported the unambiguous message by UN Security
Council Resolution 1503 ... on the need to improve and intensify
cooperation with the ICTY - in particular efforts to bring
(Radovan) Karadzic, (Ratko) Mladic and (Ante) Gotovina to the
ICTY," reads a section of conclusions which the EU ministerial
council made yesterday in Brussels.
The conclusions were released on EU web pages on Tuesday.
The ministers did not rule out a possibility of taking measures
against persons who were protecting those on the run.
The council "took note with satisfaction of the apologies,
exchanged by the Presidents of Serbia and Montenegro and of Croatia
in Belgrade on 11 September 2003," and described it as "an important
step towards lasting reconciliation between the countries and a
good example for the region", the conclusions read.
(hina) ms sb