§ Mr. TynanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of reports of claims by the UN War Crimes Tribunal that indicted Bosnian Serbs may be resident in Belgrade; what steps he has taken to establish the212W veracity of these claims; and what representations the UK has made to the Government of Serbia and Montenegro on this issue. [161209]
§ Mr. RammellWe cannot confirm that Karadzic and Mladic are in Belgrade. It is essential that all countries in the region co-operate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and that Serbia and Montenegro do more to help bring indictees to justice.
The UK, with the international community, continues to press for the transfer of Karadzic, Mladic (and Gotovina) to the Hague. They should surrender or the countries of the region should find and arrest them.