Summary: 31 July 2008, Brussels - The European Union welcomes the transfer of Mr Radovan Karadzic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
The arrest by the Serbian authorities of Mr Radovan Karadzic and his subsequent transfer represent a significant step in the process of reconciliation in the Western Balkans and in Serbia's rapprochement in Europe. The European Union urges Serbia to continue on this course and to locate the last two indictees who are still at large and transfer them to The Hague.
The trial before the ICTY of Mr Karadzic, who is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, will contribute to revealing the truth and will fulfil a duty to provide justice for the victims and their families.
The European Union expresses its support to the ICTY for the necessary and exemplary work it is performing in the service of international justice.
The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia* and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*, the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, members of the European Economic Area, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Armenia and Georgia align themselves with this declaration.
* Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia continue to be part of the Stabilisation and Association Process.
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