R. Mladić died on Thursday while serving a life sentence in The Hague for war crimes committed during the war in Bosnia.
“It is unquestionable that General Mladić will receive all the military and state ceremonies he is entitled to, as far as the state is concerned,” N. Vujić told broadcaster “K1”.
Serbian officials are awaiting information on when The Hague authorities will hand over the deceased’s body, he said.
“We are ready to go to The Hague as soon as we find out what the next steps will be,” the minister said.
R. Mladić, who suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war, including his role in the Srebrenica massacre – the bloodiest event in Europe since World War II.
Due to his conviction for massacres during the war, when the former Yugoslavia plunged into slaughter after the fall of communism, the international press dubbed him the Butcher of Bosnia.
The war from 1992 to 1995 claimed about 100,000 lives, and 2.2 million people were forced to leave their homes.
R. Mladić was the military face of the “brutal trio,” politically led by former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić.
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