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EU says Karadzic verdict closes a tragic page of history

(ANSA) - BRUXELLES, 20 MAR - EU spokesperson Maja Kocijancic said that the final sentence to life imprisonment of Radovan Karadzic, former leader of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Serbs, by an appeal court in The Hague, "closes a case relating to some of the most tragic events in Europe's recent history". "Our deep sympathies are with those who lost their loved ones and those who survived" during the war in Bosnia (1992-1995), EU spokesperson added. "The EU expects all leaders" of the Western Balkans "to support the decisions of the international tribunals and to refrain from any statements or actions casting doubt on the independence or the impartiality of the adjudication process. Denial or revisionism contradict the most fundamental European values", Kocijancic pointed out. Reconciliation within Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the whole region "requires an honest and factual evaluation" of history, the spokesperson added. Therefore, EU supports "the effective and efficient domestic processing of war crimes" in the region, "to follow up" to the decisions of international courts, she said.(ANSA).