"If I, after only about ten meetings in my life with Mladic, am able to convince him what others have been failing to do for years, then I am much more powerful than I thought," the minister said, adding that arresting war crimes indictees is not under the jurisdiction of the defence minister.
"Ako sam, nakon svega desetak susreta koje sam u životu imao s Mladićem, u stanju uvjeriti ga u ono u što ga drugi godinama nisu uspjeli uvjeriti, onda sam znatno moćniji nego sam mislio", kazao je ministar, dodajući kako uhićenje osoba optuženih za ratne zločine nije u nadležnosti ministra obrane.