Muslim Leader in Bosnia Asks to Reopen Genocide Case Against Serbia

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Serbia?s prime minister, Aleksandar Vucic, said that by going back to court, Mr.
Izetbegovic had pushed back relations by 25 years.
PARIS ? The Muslim member of Bosnia?s tripartite presidency on Thursday asked the highest United Nations court to reopen a 2007 case that cleared Serbia of genocide during the war in Bosnia.
The 1995 Dayton peace agreement set up two entities, a Bosnian-Croat federation and the Bosnian Serb republic, but relations, always strained, have worsened in recent months.
But the court said that Serbia violated the Genocide Convention because it should have prevented the genocide and punished the military commander, Gen.
Ratko Mladic.
Nationalists and pro-Serb secessionists in Bosnia, who have received support from both Serbia and Russia, could be emboldened by the move, critics said.