Serbian officials said the operation was part of the regular activities of the action team tasked with capturing Mladic and former Croatian Serb rebel leader Goran Hadzic, the other war crimes suspect still sought by The Hague-based tribunal.
Srpski zvaničnici rekli su da je operacija bila deo redovnih aktivnosti akcionog tima zaduženog za hvatanje Mladića i bivšeg lidera pobunjenih Srba u Hrvatskoj Gorana Hadžića, drugog osumnjičenika koga još uvek traži Haški sud.