Serbia's deputy PM resigns in Mladic row

Serbia’s deputy prime minister Miroljub Labus resigned today over the government’s failure to arrest war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic and the resulting suspension of EU pre-membership talks with Serbia.

By failing to arrest Mladic and so secure the conditions for talks with the EU, the government “betrayed the most important interest of the country and citizens of Serbia”, Labus, Serbia’s chief negotiator with the European Union, said in his resignation letter to prime minister Vojislav Kostunica.