In comments made the same day, British Ambassador to Belgrade David Gowan urged authorities in Serbia-Montenegro to "fulfil their promise" and arrest Mladic and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic by 5 October, when Serbia-Montenegro expects to begin talks on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Brussels.
U izjavi danoj istog dana britanski veleposlanik u Beogradu David Gowan pozvao je vlasti Srbije i Crne Gore na "ispunjenje obećanja" i uhićenje Mladića i bivšeg čelnika bosanskih Srba Radovana Karadžića do 5. listopada, kada Srbija i Crna Gora očekuje početak pregovora s Brusselsom o Sporazumu o stabilizaciji i priključenju.