Prema agenciji AP, Silajdžić je Srbiju kritizirao za, kako on smatra, politički motivirana hapšenja bosanskih državljana zbog navodnog učešća u ratnim zločinima tokom sukoba između dviju republika bivše Jugoslavije početkom 1990-tih.
According to the AP, Silajdzic criticised Serbia for what he believed were politically motivated arrests of Bosnian nationals for alleged involvement in war crimes during the conflict between the two former Yugoslav republics in the early 1990s.