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Wed 07 Jul 2008Significant step on way towards EU, say foreign ministers
EUROPEAN REACTION:EU foreign ministers welcomed the arrest of Bosnian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic yesterday, heralding it as a "significant step on Serbia's path towards the EU".
But they made no immediate move to ratify a stabilisation and association agreement (SAA) promising closer ties between the EU and Serbia until it can be established that Belgrade is co-operating fully with the International War Crimes tribunal in The Hague.
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