USA: US SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT AND NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL ROBERTSON CONGRATULATE FRENCH TROOPS FOR ARREST OF BOSNIAN SERB MOMCILO KRAJISNIK

Record ID: 979413

  • Title: USA: US SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT AND NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL ROBERTSON CONGRATULATE FRENCH TROOPS FOR ARREST OF BOSNIAN SERB MOMCILO KRAJISNIK
  • Date: 4th April 2000
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (APRIL 04, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. MV: U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT AND NATO SECRETARY GENERAL GEORGE ROBERTSON ENTERING A RECEPTION ROOM 0.11 2. WIDE OF ALBRIGHT AND ROBERTSON 0.14 3. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) ROBERTSON SAYING "Well we don't talk about intelligence matters for a very good and obvious reason, and I would make and emphasise the point that this is not the first major indictee for war crimes that have been picked up by French troops in Bosnia, and I would personally congratulate the French troops and their commander for the action that they took in the circumstances, it always involves risks, it is always a difficult exercise to do but they made a measurement of that an Mr Krajisnik is now going to face justice in the Hague. And I would say to all of those who remain indicted, and for the moment without our reach, is that we will eventually get them. Frankly, for their own purposes, it will be better to face international justice at the Hague, than to face some of the rough justice of the Balkans. Mr. Karadzic and Mr. Mladic and the others may hide, they may run, and they spend a lot of time doing both, I say to them: the net is closing in. They should give themselves up." 1.33 4. MV: ALBRIGHT AND ROBERTSON 1.39 5. SCU: SOUNDBITE (English) ALBRIGHT SAYING "As the Secretary General has said, I believe the statute of limitations has not run out on these kinds of war crimes and the Krajisnik arrest is a huge step forward and without discussing any intelligence issues, which is absolutely appropriate, I think that this is a very good signal and I hope that it is viewed that way and it is a sign, this is a good process, an important process, and it is the way, ultimately, that collective guilt is expunged when individual guilt is assigned and their time will come." 2.20 6. MV: ALBRIGHT AND ROBERTSON 2.25 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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