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BELGRADE - The scrapping of the decision of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to grant Vojislav Seselj provisional release is a display of power, and the government will take the appropriate decisions, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Vojislav Seselj, leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), has said that he will not return to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) voluntarily, and that he will not hand over any medical report either to the Tribunal or the Serbian authorities.

The Serbian government said it will not forcibly arrest war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj and hopes the Serbian Radical Party leader will return to detention at the Hague Tribunal voluntarily.

"Raid won't be staged to arrest Seselj" - PM

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said late on Tuesday that "nobody will be arresting Vojislav Seselj in a surprise raid."

BELGRADE - The Serbian government will not be arresting anyone by surprise, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said late Tuesday, adding that the duty of the state is to take care of every citizen, including Vojislav Seselj, an indictee of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) who is on provisional release in Serbia.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said the Hague Tribunal’s decision to release Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj and then recall him to custody was intended to undermine his government.
 
 

BELGRADE - Secretary General of the Serbian Foreign Ministry Veljko Odalovic said Tuesday that the ICTY is not up to the task assigned to it, stressing that Serbia should not be held accountable for things that are not its fault or responsibility.

"It would be best if Seselj surrendered"

BELGRADE -- Rasim Ljajic says that when it comes to Vojislav Seselj, he government "will make the best decision with the aim of preserving the overall stability."

Ljajic, a cabinet minister who serves as president of the Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, also suggested that "it would be best for Seselj to surrender."

Vucic: "They're using Seselj to punish us"

According to Aleksandar Vucic, "somewhere, someone" has mistakenly calculated that Vojislav Seselj was a factor that can shake him and the government.

In an op-ed he penned for the daily Politika, the prime minister added that for this reason, "someone" has started using Seselj as "a scarecrow from a box."

BELGRADE - Any decision we adopt, and none of them will be as amoral as the political decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), will be aimed at one single end, that is preservation of stability in Serbia, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said commenting on the ICTY decision to return leader of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) Vojislav Seselj back to p