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Croatia gov't welcomes ICTY's conviction for Karadzic

Xinhua, March 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Croatian government on Thursday welcomed the conviction for Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, handed down by ICTY.

The government said in a statement that it believed that the punishment of those responsible for war crimes was an essential precondition for a policy of reconciliation and stabilization of relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Croatian President Kolinda-Graba-Kitarovic said the ICTY's verdict sentencing Karadzic to 40 years was "small solace" to victims, but it also could serve as a message to the present-day criminals and terrorists that they could not perpetrate crimes with impunity.

The ICTY on Thursday sentenced the ex-president of the Bosnian Serb entity of Republika Srpska, Radovan Karadzic, to 40 years' imprisonment for genocide in Srebrenica and other war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Endit