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 datoj istog dana britanski ambasador u Beogradu Dejvid Gauan pozvao je vlasti Srbije i Crne Gore da «ispune svoje obećanje» i uhapse Mladića i bivšeg lidera bosanskih Srba Radovana Karadžića do 5. oktobra, kada Srbija i Crna Gora očekuje početak pregovora o Sporazumu o stabilizaciji i asocijaciji sa Briselom.