The sudden death of former Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic would expose the authority of The Hague tribunal to a
great challenge, said Serbia-MontenegroPresident Svetozar Marovic on
Saturday.
Russia expressed regret on Saturday over the
UN war crimes tribunal's refusal to allow former Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic to travel to Moscow for medical treatment.
The UN war crimes tribunal confirmed Saturday
that Milosevic had died in the United Nations detention center in the
suburbs of The Hague. The cause of his death is not immediately
known.
The following are reactions fromaround the world to
the death of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who died on
Saturday in UN custody in The
Hague.
The European Union (EU) said Saturday that the
death of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague is a
sad moment, but does not change the need for the region to come to terms
with the past.