In Brussels there has been a positive reaction to news of Radovan Karadzic’s arrest. It is now expected that Serbia will be declared to be co-operating with the war crimes court in the Hague, a move opening the way for Serbia’s EU membership. Javier Solana the EU foreign policy chief said: “I think it has been very well done by the Serbian authorities. Remember, the elections in Serbia? The presidential and parliamentarian elections took place not long ago and I think they have proven their will to co-operate fully with the international tribunal and that’s something I welcome very much.” Vuk Jeremic, the Serbian minister for foreign affairs was equally upbeat: “The Serbian Government has a very ambitious European agenda. We’ve been in office or two weeks, we’re very serious about our future in the European Union. “We’ve...
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