Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz said on Sept. 20 that he was "not satisfied" with Serbia's cooperation in finding and arresting Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic and that the government in Belgrade "must do more."

Mentioning that his associates had regular twice-weekly meetings with officials in Serbia about that subject, Brammertz said during a discussion with foreign correspondents in The Hague that the situation was "far from perfect."

Besides recalling that he had expressed "serious concerns" about the weaknesses in the search in his last report to the United Nations Security Council, last June, the chief prosecutor also made mention of the "rhythm and scope of the search" and the "techniques being used."

Brammertz underlined that in Serbia there was a "gap between the expressed political willingness" to arrest the fugitives and the way the search is going and "what must be done" in order that it end in success.

Serbian Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric said on Sept. 20 that the Serbian prosecution continued to cooperate with the Hague tribunal in order that it complete its key international obligation - the arrest of Mladic and Hadzic.

Vekaric told BETA that Serbia continued to cooperate with the Hague prosecution and added: "We are working together on that crucial task for Serbia."

Dusan Ignjatovic, the director of the National Hague Tribunal Cooperation Council office, said on Sept. 20 that Serbia was putting into practice the suggestions of the Hague chief prosecutor in connection with the search for Mladic and Hadzic.

Ignjatovic told BETA that Brammertz's statement that he was unhappy with Serbia's cooperation with that court was a "warning" and should not be "taken too seriously."