Head of the Serbian government's Office of Media Relations Srdjan Djuric said tonight that the Serbian government has not located the whereabouts of the Hague indictee Ratko Mladic, is not negotiating with him and has not arrested him.
In a statement to the Tanjug news agency, Djuric denied the news published by the British-based Sky Television and news agency Reuters of the alleged negotiations between the Serbian government and Mladic.
Sky Television and Reuters broadcasted a statement by Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot that the authorities in Belgrade are negotiating the surrender of the leader of the Bosnian Serb troops to the Hague tribunal.
Djuric stated that such news is false and reiterated that the Serbian government will do its utmost to fulfill its obligations towards and conclude cooperation with the Hague tribunal.
It is in Serbia's greatest interest to successfully conclude cooperation with the Hague tribunal, stressed Djuric.