Rice Says Milosevic One of Most Malign Forces in Europe
Rice Says Milosevic One of Most Malign Forces in Europe
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says history has already given its verdict on Slobodan Milosevic, even though he died before The Hague tribunal could pass judgment. Rice says the former Yugoslav president was one of the most malign forces in Europe.
Secretary Rice says it might have been better if The Hague tribunal had been able to render a judgment on Slobodan Milosevic. But, she says, the final verdict of history is already clear, that the former Yugoslav president was one of the most malign forces in Europe for quite a long time.
In an airborne talk with reporters on the first leg of a long flight from Chile to Indonesia, the secretary said Milosevic was undoubtedly responsible for the deaths of many, many people in the Balkans conflicts, as well as the breakup of Yugoslavia, and the long-term estrangement of its parts from the international community.
However, she sounded a positive note on the future of the Balkans region, saying that good things are beginning to arise after the Milosevic era. And, she said, the United States wants to see a better future for the people of Serbia-and-Montenegro, and is working with them to achieve this and their free integration with the rest of Europe.
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