Barroso urges rewards for Serbia

José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, urged European Union Member States to reward Serbia with expanded trade ties for capturing Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader charged with genocide. But Serbia must arrest two more fugitive suspects from the wars of the 1990s and accelerate domestic reforms in order to move any closer to membership in the bloc, Mr Barroso said after meeting Serbia’s President in Brussels, 3 September 2008.

EurActiv, 4.9.08: Serbia offered 'possible' EU candidate status in 2009 http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement/serbia-offered-possible-eu-candidate-status-2009/article-175093

ESO: Background information: EU signs deal on ties with Serbia http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-signs-deal-on-ties-with-serbia/

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