Bosnian Serb war criminal Radovan Karadžić will serve the rest of his life sentence for genocide in UK prison, the British government revealed on Wednesday.
Karadžić, 75, was sentenced to 40 years in 2016 for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and the four-year siege of Sarajevo by Serb forces from 1992 to 1996.
After the war, Karadžić went on the run and was only caught and handed over to a war crimes tribunal at the Hague in 2008. In 2019, his sentence was increased to life. Karadžić is one of the few people to have been found guilty of genocide, said Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
May 7, 2021
Aziz Idris
Minister of Foreign Affairs II Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Erywan bin Pehin Datu Pekerma Jaya Haji Mohd Yusof met with his United Kingdom (UK) counterpart Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab during the Group of Seven (G7) Foreign and Development Ministers’ meeting in London yesterday.
This was the first time that a representative from ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) was invited to attend a G7 foreign ministers’ meeting.
The UK’s invitation to the ASEAN Chair to attend the G7 meeting signals the UK’s emphasis on a closer alignment with the Indo-Pacific region, as outlined in the UK’s
Boris Johnson has joined foreign ministers from the G7 group of industrialised nations as the UK hosted their first face-to-face meeting in more than two years.
The Prime Minister earlier denied the meeting was a mistake after India’s foreign minister was forced to pull out of attending in person after two positive coronavirus cases were detected in the country’s travelling delegation.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar participated virtually in the event, where India had been invited as a guest, after coming into contact with the suspected cases, although he has not tested positive.
Mr Johnson arrived at the summit venue of Lancaster House in central London for a brief appearance on Wednesday afternoon, where he was greeted by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will hold face-to-face talks on trade, Iran and China with Joe Biden s secretary of state ahead of discussions between G7 foreign ministers in the UK.
Antony Blinken will be in London for talks on Monday as the US and Britain forge a fresh relationship following the departure of Donald Trump from the White House.
The withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and a post-Brexit trade deal are likely to feature, as is Iran, where the nuclear deal is a key issue and so too are citizens being detained there, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
The first in-person meeting of G7 foreign ministers will then begin on Tuesday, with allies including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the EU attending.
The UK on Sunday (local time) announced that it will be sending additional 1,000 ventilators from the UK s surplus supply to Indian hospitals as part of its commitment to support India s fight against the second wave of coronavirus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that India s fight against increasing coronavirus cases will be reinforced by the new UK government support announcement of additional ventilators in addition to 200 ventilators, 495 oxygen concentrators and three oxygen generation units the UK sent to India last week. The terrible images we have seen in India in recent weeks are all the more powerful because of the close and enduring connection between the people of the UK and India, said Johnson.