EU Commissioner Rehn welcomes news of Gotovina arrest

EU Commissioner Olli Rehn welcomes the news confirmed by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that war crime suspect Ante Gotovina has been arrested:

"The arrest of Ante Gotovina is very good news. For reconciliation in the region of the Western Balkans and for ICTY to successfully accomplish its work, it is fundamentally important that all indictees are brought to justice.

I urge the authorities in other countries, notably in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina to step up their efforts and continue to work until full cooperation is reached and the remaining indictees, including Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic are brought to The Hague."

| Arriba |

• EU Parliament President Borrell welcomes arrest of Gotovina (9/12/2005)
• EUHR Solana satisfied at arrest of Gotovina (8/12/2005)
• EU Presidency Statement - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia Reports (10/10/2005)
• EU opens accession negotiations with Croatia (4/10/2005)
• EU Parliament: Compliance with Hague tribunal is key to accession, says Croatia's FM  (31/8/2005)