Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Nikola Selakovic had separate meetings in The Hague today with the President and the Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Carmel Agius and Serge Brammertz respectively.

Selakovic assessed as very important that he had the opportunity to discuss Serbia's cooperation with the Mechanism with the President and the Chief Prosecutor, especially bearing in mind that the UN Security Council session to discuss the six-month report of the Mechanism's President and Prosecutor would be held on 13 December.

The commitment of the Republic of Serbia to the prosecution of war crimes has so far been demonstrated through many years of efforts to bring all those responsible for war crimes to justice, both through prosecuting perpetrators before domestic judicial authorities and through cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Selakovic said, and in this regard, reminded that the Serbian Government, on 14 October this year, adopted a five-year National War Crimes Prosecution Strategy, as an umbrella strategic document in this field.

The Minister underlined that Serbia was focused on the future and cooperation, noting in particular that better regional cooperation, especially when it comes to indictments for war crimes, would contribute to reconciliation in our area.