Brussels, 07/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Javier Solana, on Thursday welcomed the arrest of Aleksandar Karadzic, known as "Sasa", who is under suspicion of war crimes and features on the list of people subject to an EU visa ban. "I fully support the action taken this morning by the multinational forces present in Bosnia-Herzegovina (...). All of those under charge by the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia must be brought before the court in The Hague for a fair trial. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, as in the rest of the Balkans, there can be no reconciliation without justice", said Mr Solana.
On Thursday morning, 7 July in Pale, near Sarajevo, NATO forces arrested the son of Radovan Karadzic, the political leader of the Bosnian Serbs, who is himself wanted for war crimes.