Sonja Biserko, president of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, said the arrest seemed to be a calculated move on the part of Serbia to "reduce its responsibility, through assertions that the war in Bosnia was started by Bosniaks", while trying to criminalise former Bosnian war leaders such as Ganic.
Sonja Biserko, predsednica Helsinškog odbora za ljudska prava u Srbiji, rekla je da se stiče utisak da je hapšenje proračunat korak Srbije da bi "smanjila svoju odgovornost, kroz tvrdnje da su rat u Bosni počeli Bošnjaci", uz istovremeni pokušaj da se kriminalizuju bivši bosanski ratni lideri kao što je Ganić.