Former Rivals together in Courtroom

The two indictees are on trial, in separate cases, before The Hague Tribunal for genocide in Srebrenica, persecution of the Bosniak and Croat population throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, terror against citizens of Sarajevo and taking UNPROFOR members hostage.

On December 11 last year the Tribunal issued a warrant, obliging Mladic to testify. Mladic had previously refused Karadzic’s invitation to do so.  

Mladic’s Defence attorney Branko Lukic announced that his client would say in the courtroom that he was not capable of testifying due to health reasons.  

Karadzic announced that he intended to ask Mladic whether he had ever informed him that captives from Srebrenica had been or would be killed and whether he knew that local citizens in Sarajevo were subjected to a sniping and shelling campaign.

Among the six questions he plans to ask are the ones pertaining to reasons for sniping and shelling of Sarajevo, whether those reasons were conveyed to him and whether the two of them had an agreement to expel Bosniaks and Croats from territories controlled by Serb forces.

The trial of Karadzic began in October 2009. The final phase of presentation of Defence’s evidence is currently underway. The presentation of evidence is due to be completed with the indictee’s testimony in March.

This testimony has generated a great interest, particularly due to the fact that the former Serb leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina were in conflict during the war, which was confirmed by witnesses at both trials.
 
Considering the fact that Karadzic represents himself at this trial, he would personally pose the questions to Mladic, in case he accepts to testify.