EGEGazette
En direct
worldRapporté

EU Condemns Serbian Ministers Over Attendance at Mladic Funeral

European Union officials criticized Serbia after government ministers reportedly attended the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic, calling it a failure to reckon with past atrocities.

· 1 min de lecture · langue: en
Article image
Al Jazeera — All

The European Union has condemned the presence of Serbian government ministers at the funeral of Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of war crimes, according to Al Jazeera.

EU leaders said the attendance of Serbian officials at the funeral represented a failure by Belgrade to confront the legacy of war crimes committed during the 1990s Balkan conflicts, Al Jazeera reported.

Mladic was convicted by an international tribunal for his role in atrocities committed during the Bosnian war, including the Srebrenica massacre, in which thousands of Bosniak men and boys were killed.

Al Jazeera did not name the specific ministers who attended the funeral, nor did it provide additional detail on the EU's formal response beyond the condemnation.

The incident is likely to add strain to Serbia's relations with the European Union, which has repeatedly urged Belgrade to align its policies with EU positions, including on issues related to acknowledging wartime atrocities, as part of Serbia's long-running bid for EU membership.

EGazette could not immediately verify further details of the funeral or the EU's official statement beyond what was reported by Al Jazeera.

Sources

EGazette résume des articles de plusieurs sources ; suivez les liens pour les originaux.

Articles liés

Comments

Sign in to join the conversation.

Forgot password?

No account?

Loading comments…