President – for the sake of joining the EU will give Serbia war criminals to an international tribunal –
December 20, 2009 – 10:51 pm
To join the EU, Serbia would extradite intense international tribunal of war criminals. This statement was made by President Boris Tadic, on the eve of a trip to Stockholm, where he will give a formal application for EU membership.
“Serbia has a clear intent and unambiguous desire to arrest the fugitives for the sake of the country’s citizens and to resolve the situation in the Balkans. This is indeed a great day for Serbia. Today we enter the stage, which will be very difficult and that requires a deep and painful reforms “, – quotes Reuters news agency quotes the president of Serbia.
Integration into the European Union is the main foreign policy priority of Belgrade . One of the obstacles on this road until recently was the position of the Netherlands, who believed that the Serbian authorities are not sufficiently cooperate with the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, investigating war crimes. However, in early December, the Netherlands reversed its position and unlock the Transitional Trade Agreement between EU and Serbia.
