"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 ja, posle svega desetak susreta koje sam u životu imao sa Mladićem, u stanju da ga ubedim u ono u šta drugi godinama nisu uspeli da ga ubede, onda sam mnogo moćniji nego što sam mislio», rekao je ministar, dodajući da hapšenje lica optuženih za ratne zločine nije u nadležnosti ministra odbrane.