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Sunday Morning News

Bush Welcomes Arrest of Milosevic

Aired April 1, 2001 - 9:36 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: We're now going to break away and go to some developing news that's happening at the White House. Kelly Wallace brings us more on the situation with the U.S. Navy plane that had a minor collision over the China Sea this morning. Kelly, what do you have to tell us?

KELLY WALLACE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, actually, Kyra, we have something to tell you about another story that we've been following all morning and that, of course, the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic. We have just received a statement from President Bush about the arrest of the former president of Yugoslavia.

President Bush is welcoming the arrest of Mr. Milosevic. The President saying, in this paper statement, his arrest represents an important step in bringing to a close the tragic error of his brutal dictatorship. Now, the President also said that Mr. Milosevic should be tried for his crimes against the Serbian people. But in this statement, Mr. Bush says he also deserves to be tried for violations of international law.

The statement says, "We cannot and must not forget the chilling images of terrified women and children herded onto trains, emaciated prisoners and turned behind barbed wire and mass graves unearthed by UN investigators." So the President is saying that Mr. Milosevic's arrest is a first step towards trying him for the crimes against humanity.

As we know, he has been indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The President's saying, "I am encouraged by the actions that Belgrade has already taken to work with the tribunal, including its assistance over the last several weeks in transferring two indictees to the Hague. I call on President Kostunica to continue this cooperation and to see that Milosevic is likewise brought to justice."

The President also finishing up saying that the U.S. appreciates the hard job that is facing Yugoslavia and that assures the Yugoslav government a continued friendship with the Unites States.

So again, this statement coming the first official formal reaction from this White House to the news of the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic. And Kyra, as we've been reporting, the White House also facing a decision about whether or not to grant about $50 million in additional U.S. aid to Yugoslavia as well as support loans from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund going to Yugoslavia. The key issue for the White House is: Is the government cooperating with the International War Crimes Tribunal?

Clearly, in this statement, the President has said that he's encouraged by the cooperation he has seen in Yugoslavia so far -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: Kelly, thanks for that developing news. And I apologize for mentioning the U.S. Navy plane incident. I know you're following that too. We got some incorrect information. Thank you for keeping track of both stories for us.

WALLACE: Absolutely.

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