European Commission to analyze Serbia's non-extradition ruling

BRUSSELS - Although the European Commission (EC) say they will analyze a ruling by a Belgrade court on non-extradition of three officials of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) to a war crimes tribunal in The Hague, they believe a consensus among the member states will be reached and Chapter 23 in EU accession talks with Serbia will be opened soon, Tanjug learned at the EC.

Regarding the information on the ruling by the Higher Court in Belgrade, according to which the prerequisites for the arrests and extradition of the three Radicals, legal advisers to Vojislav Seselj, to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), pursuant to an ICTY warrant of January 19, 2015, have not been met, the EC said Serbia was under obligation to fully cooperate with the ICTY.

The EC added that the cooperation was reviewed on a regular basis and resulting conclusions...