Mystery surrounds footage of Serb war criminal
Mystery surrounds footage of Serb war criminal
Bosnia locks horns with Serbia over a newly-released video footage that shows Europe's top war crimes fugitive General Ratko Mladic living at large in Belgrade.
Bosnian state TV aired the controversial footage on Wednesday, which included films of Mladic attending family occasions, dancing at weddings, singing Serbian folk songs and enjoying a skiing holiday allegedly last winter.
Mladic has been on the run since 1995 when the UN war crimes court in The Hague indicted him on genocide charges for staging the massacre of nearly 8,000 Bosnian Muslims during the civil war in former Yugoslavia (1992-1995).
Bosnia has long demanded that Mladic be brought to justice.
Officials at The Hague have reportedly launched an investigation into the footage and have promised to comment later.
Rasim Ljajic, the chairman of the Serbian National Council for Co-operation with the ICT, has denied that the footage is that of Mladic.
According to Ljajic, the release of such footage ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers was designed to mount pressure on Serbia and ruin its chances from becoming a member of the European Union.
The capture of Mladic is a condition for Serbian progress toward membership in the European Union. Pro-Western leaders in Belgrade claim they do not know Mladic's whereabouts.
Bosnia locks horns with Serbia over a newly-released video footage that shows Europe's top war crimes fugitive General Ratko Mladic living at large in Belgrade.
Bosnian state TV aired the controversial footage on Wednesday, which included films of Mladic attending family occasions, dancing at weddings, singing Serbian folk songs and enjoying a skiing holiday allegedly last winter.
Mladic has been on the run since 1995 when the UN war crimes court in The Hague indicted him on genocide charges for staging the massacre of nearly 8,000 Bosnian Muslims during the civil war in former Yugoslavia (1992-1995).
Bosnia has long demanded that Mladic be brought to justice.
Officials at The Hague have reportedly launched an investigation into the footage and have promised to comment later.
Rasim Ljajic, the chairman of the Serbian National Council for Co-operation with the ICT, has denied that the footage is that of Mladic.
According to Ljajic, the release of such footage ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers was designed to mount pressure on Serbia and ruin its chances from becoming a member of the European Union.
The capture of Mladic is a condition for Serbian progress toward membership in the European Union. Pro-Western leaders in Belgrade claim they do not know Mladic's whereabouts.
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