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Belgrade will "never" arrest top fugitive Radko Mladic, UN prosecutor Carla del Ponte warned. (Photo: European Commission)

EU 'frustrated' with Serbian unwillingness to arrest Mladic

EU foreign ministers urged Serbia PM Vojislav Kostunica to step up progress on war crimes fugitives and back off on Kosovo at a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday night (16 October), but UN prosecutor Carla del Ponte warned Belgrade will "never" arrest top fugitive Radko Mladic.

The warnings come after the EU froze pre-accession talks with Serbia in May due to lack of cooperation on handing over Mladic, who is wanted by the UN war crimes court in the Hague for his alleged role in the 1995...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Belgrade will "never" arrest top fugitive Radko Mladic, UN prosecutor Carla del Ponte warned. (Photo: European Commission)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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