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In separate meetings with Charge Brush on December 28 and 29, Defense Minister Sutanovac and informal presidential advisor Srdjan Saper both seemed confused when Charge Brush asked about Tadic's post-ICJ strategy, with neither even willing to speculate on what the President might be thinking.

[Аврам Гојић]

a ko je poverio Saperu mandat da u ime drzave komunicira sa stranm diplomatama?

[Musharaf]

Ма дај, шарждаферс покушала да из њих нешто извуче, они се направили шашави и то је то. Више среће у некој другој Џуџуби.

[Roger Sanchez]

U kejblovima se ispisuje hagiografija budućeg srpskog svetitelja i mučenika Vuka Jeremića.

In contrast, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, driven by personal interest in self promotion and a misperception of the domestic political landscape, is planning a new diplomatic offensive on Kosovo on the heels of any ICJ opinion.

Sorry Mušarafe. Šule Triumphant.

8. (SBU) Asked about the President's views on Serbia's relations with NATO, Ratkovic said that as a former Minister of Defense, President Tadic knows the issue well. Tadic believes that Serbia cannot remain outside of NATO forever, but doesn't say this often because of the political sensitivity of the issue. Ratkovic explained that after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the citizens of Yugoslavia assumed that they would be among the first to enter both the European Union and NATO. It wasn't until the wars of the Milosevic era and the 1999 NATO intervention that anti-NATO sentiment developed in Serbia. Ratkovic characterized current public support for PfP participation and NATO membership as "surprisingly high" given Serbia's history.

Edited December 10, 2010 by Roger Sanchez

[Musharaf]

Немам ништа против, надам се да ће му ово обезбедити радно место ноћног портира у некој шангајској банци.

[Кристофер Лумумбо]

4. © Serbian politicians, including influential Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Rasim Ljajic, have told us that Serbia cannot merely forget Kosovo out of fear that the vocal and numerous opposition will accuse Tadic of treason. Ljajic pointed to the recent Progressive (SNS) victory in the Belgrade municipality of Vozdevac as a clear sign that the opposition has the potential toBELGRADE 00000003 002 OF 004pose a real threat to the governing coalition. As a result, Serbian officials are now contemplating how vocal and obstructive the GoS should be after any final ICJ ruling in order to assure their political majority

izvinjavam se sto sam lupetao da izbori na vozdovcu nisu vazni. <_<

[Roger Sanchez]

1 guranje u zagrljaj by the puppet masters:

11. © The Ambassador told Ratkovic that the United States was supportive of Serbia's efforts to improve its relations with Croatia and informed him that PRM DAS David Robinson would visit Belgrade in early March to look at how the United States could contribute to resolving protracted refugee issues, particularlyBELGRADE 00000025 004 OF 005between Serbia and Croatia. Ratkovic said that the presidency was working discreetly with Croatia on a "roadmap" to resolve all of the outstanding bilateral issues, and that they understood the EU had sent a helpful message to Zagreb that Croatia needed to find solutions in order to close Chapter 23 of the acquis. He said he was cautiously optimistic that there would be a breakthrough with Croatia in 2010.

edit: Inače, najoštrije prosvjedujem što na topikima nisam primjetio (ili sam ćorav) spominjanje gospodina Ratkovića koji očito često izvodi BoTin mozak i jezik u šetnju. Edited December 10, 2010 by Roger Sanchez

[cedo]

Saradnja sa Hagom:

1. © The Serbian government continues to publicly emphasize its efforts to capture war crimes indictee Ratko Mladic, and Serbian officials responsible for cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) privately tell us the current government is very supportive of their work. ICTY Belgrade,s chief, who sits in on operations discussions, agreed that Serbia was looking hard for Mladic and was also providing all document and witness assistance required, in contrast to the previous government,s efforts. Serbia also continued to prosecute domestic war crimes cases, and the war crimes court recently issued verdicts and sentences in two high-profile cases. The current government clearly wants to find Mladic, a prerequisite for moving ahead with EU accession and Serbia,s future. End Summary.Looking for Mladic------------------2. © With the upcoming visit of ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, the main question regarding Serbia,s ICTY cooperation -- and the key to the Dutch unblocking Serbia,s frozen Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU -- is whether Serbia is really doing all it can to find the remaining two ICTY indictees, particularly Bosnian Serb wartime military leader Ratko Mladic. Government officials continue to state publicly that Serbia is making every effort to find Mladic and fellow indictee Goran Hadzic. Chief of the War Crimes Investigation police Aleksandar Kostic told visiting S/WCI representative Julie Vibul-Jolles May 5 that the current government had the will to find the fugitives, but that so much time had passed that it was hard to track them down. He said there was no information to suggest Mladic was in Serbia but there was no information that he was anywhere else either. Police continued to search for leads, including surveilling known associates and family members. Regional intelligence sharing was helpful and had led to the arrests of Stojan Zupljanin and Radovan Karadzic, Kostic said.3. © ICTY Belgrade Office Head Deyan Mihov told us May 5 that he believed that the search for Mladic was very active. The current government was engaged with ICTY, a "big change compared to the past." Mihov said the Security Information Agency (BIA) and Military Intelligence Agency (VBA) were now working well together and supporting each other,s efforts. Mihov said he attends weekly meetings of the Action Team as an observer and receives detailed operational information and plans concerning the search for both fugitives. Mihov told us that the meetings of the Action Team, which was officially co-headed by President of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal Rasim Ljajic and War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic, were really led by Presidential Chief of Staff and National Security Council Secretary Miki Rakic, which he viewed as a strong indication that the search for Mladic was a personal priority of President Tadic. Mihov said Rakic had provided the same information to Brammertz each time he visited and also requested Brammertz,s help obtaining specific intelligence assistance. Mihov emphasized that the government could use any additional intelligence assistance the U.S. could provide. Mihov said he was impressed that the Action Team was trying equally hard to find Hadzic, even though the political payoff for Serbia from his capture would be much less than for Mladic.Technical Cooperation with ICTY-------------------------------4. (SBU) Serbia,s technical cooperation with the ICTY, while not as high-profile, is also essential. Director of the ICTY Cooperation Council Office Dusan Ignjatovic told us May 4 his office had granted all of ICTY,s and defense lawyers, archive access requests, delivered all subpoenas to witnesses, addressed all witness protection issues ICTY had identified, and complied with more than 98% of document requests. Mihov confirmed that technical cooperation was close to 100% with no outstanding problems over documents, another improvement over the past government.Domestic Trials----------------BELGRADE 00000399 002 OF 0025. (SBU) Domestic war crimes trials also continue, with verdicts recently in two high-profile cases. War Crimes Prosecutor Vukcevic told us May 5 the current government was much more supportive of domestic war crimes trials. On April 23, the court convicted four former policemen for murdering 50 ethnic Albanian civilians in Suva Reka, Kosovo in March 1999. Two of the defendants were sentenced to 20 years in prison, one to 15 years, and the fourth to 13 years. Three of the defendants, including the principal defendant, were acquitted. Vukcevic told us that he was pleased that the case had established that a crime had been committed but that he would appeal the acquittals. The War Crimes Court also completed on March 12 a retrial in the Ovcara (Vukovar) case, convicting 13 members of the Vukovar Territorial Defense for torturing and killing in November 1991 200 Croatian prisoners of war who had surrendered. Five individuals were acquitted, and one received a much lighter sentence in the retrial (6 years versus the original 15), and the War Crimes Prosecutor,s spokesman announced the prosecutor would appeal that sentence and the acquittals.Comment-------6. © In contrast to the approach of the previous government, the current Serbian government is working hard on ICTY cooperation. The pressing domestic political need to unblock the SAA and move closer to European Union membership is clearly a major motivating factor, made all the more important by the worsening economic situation. While the term "fully cooperating" may be elusive, it is important to acknowledge the current government's efforts and not allow the dead weight of the past to hinder Serbia,s future. End Comment. MUNTER

[Takeshi]

edit: Inače, najoštrije prosvjedujem što na topikima nisam primjetio (ili sam ćorav) spominjanje gospodina Ratkovića koji očito često izvodi BoTin mozak i jezik u šetnju.

Pa kad' nema javne nastupe... izgleda stvarno radi kao savetnik, a ne cirkuzant za skupljanje politickih poena (ko je rekao Jeremic?!). Ali isto mlad, bivsi otporas. (wiki vulgaris)

[Roger Sanchez]

Brifing Srbija 4 Dummies za Bidena.Forenzika Sanadersleaza.

[Кристофер Лумумбо]

© While no EU state expects Serbia to recognize Kosovo, Serbia's EU path will remain muddled without recognizable and accepted borders between Serbia and Kosovo. The EU must lead the charge in making this clear to Serbia. The EU must be willing to offer Serbia carrots and sticks until there is a clearly accepted understanding of where Serbia ends and the Republic of Kosovo begins, while maintaining Kosovo's current territorial integrity. Levers at the EU's disposal include determining when to unblock the SAA with Serbia, the disbursement of IPA funds, and the speed with which the EU will consider Serbia's recently submitted application for EU candidacy. We also must be wary of EU states offering Serbia the wrong carrots. The UK Ambassador to Belgrade recently suggested to us that we should no longer push for additional countries to recognize Kosovo, in an effort to dissuade Jeremic from his own globe-trotting efforts to dissuade recognitions.

[Roger Sanchez]

Ovako to izgleda kad Uncle Sam vuče veze da progura loš kadar u poduzeće:

1. © SUMMARY: After making difficult concessions in order to conclude an Arbitration Agreement with Slovenia, Prime Minister Kosor now confronts an ongoing UK and Netherlands blockage of Croatia's EU accession path, inspired by ICTY Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. This impasse has the potential to endure as the GOC likely cannot produce documents demanded by the prosecutor, and Brammertz seems unwilling to settle for anything besides the documents. Brammertz also refuses to assist the GOC in its investigation. Importantly, the impasse could undermine the U.S. stake both in the Kosor-led reform process in Croatia and the region's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions. Accordingly, post recommends that we register our differences with Brammertz's assessment at the December 3 UNSC discussion of ICTY and consider high-level approaches to the UK and Netherlands urging that the EU make Croatia's ICTY cooperation a closing rather than an opening benchmark for Chapter 23 accession negotiations. END SUMMARY.

Pročitali su nas.

7. © UK Ambassador Blunt (protect) told Ambassador Foley last week that some key officials in London regard Croatia as virtually unchanged since the Tudjman era and are inclined to assume GOC bad faith in its dealings with the ICTY.

Edited December 10, 2010 by Roger Sanchez

[cedo]

The UK Ambassador to Belgrade recently suggested to us that we should no longer push for additional countries to recognize Kosovo, in an effort to dissuade Jeremic from his own globe-trotting efforts to dissuade recognitions.

[dragance]

Brifing Srbija 4 Dummies za Bidena.

Kakav arse-licking od briefinga Bajdenu "Kosovo is a success story, so far, mr. Vice President".Nigde ni rec o napadima na manjine, osim na severu Kosova.

[dragance]

Ovako to izgleda kad Uncle Sam vuče veze da progura loš kadar u poduzeće:

Au, ajde znamo da nije nista novo, ali dokaz i za one najzagrizenije o mesanju politike u rad suda.