EU Official Scraps Planned Serbia Visit over Handling of Convicted War Criminal Ratko Mladic’s Death
Marta Kos said the glorification of Ratko Mladic after his death was incompatible with EU values and cited his genocide conviction.
- EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos canceled her Friday visit to Serbia, stating the glorification surrounding Ratko Mladić's death is incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built.
- Mladić's remains arrived in Belgrade on a Serbian government plane Thursday, a week after his death, as officials had previously planned state honors for the convicted war criminal sentenced in 2017 for genocide.
- Council of Europe Commissioner Michael Flaherty condemned the honors as incompatible with human rights law, while Belgium's Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot called them "shameful and disrespectful for the victims."
- President Aleksandar Vucic dismissed the criticism on N1 television as "very short but stupid," asserting that Mladić's family, not the state, arranged the funeral.
- European Parliament member Vladimir Prebilic urged the EPP to "stop acting as a safe haven" for Vucic's party, warning that public celebration of war criminals complicates Serbia's stalled EU accession process.
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EU official scraps planned Serbia visit over handling of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic’s death
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Union ’s Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos on Friday canceled an upcoming visit to candidate nation Serbia over what she described as the “glorification” of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic following his death. Mladic was convicted of genocide by a U.N. court but remains a hero to many...
Brussels, 4 Sep (EFE).- The European Commissioner for Enlargement, the Slovenian Marta Kos, announced Friday the cancellation of her planned visit to Serbia, in protest of the glorification of the Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic after his death. "Ratko Mladić was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.The return [...] The entry Brussels cancels the visit of the Commissioner for Enlargement to Serbia by Mladic was first p…
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EU official scraps planned Serbia visit over handling of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic's death
The European Union’s Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos has canceled a visit to Serbia due to what she called the “glorification” of Ratko Mladic after his death. Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb army commander, was convicted of genocide by a U.N.…
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