Former Bosnian Serb army commander Mladic accused Bosnian Muslims of not complying with agreements on demilitarized zones, which, according to Mladic, included both Srebrenica and Sarajevo, cities for the murder of civilians he was convicted of.
According to the BBC, hearings on the appeal of the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army Ratko Mladic ended on Wednesday.
“I am a professional soldier, and I served both in peacetime and in wartime my country destroyed by NATO… I’m not a saint, I’m a simple person, I have said this many times – faith made me stand up for my country, which was destroyed by NATO efforts during assistance from the Vatican and the international mafia”, – Ratko Mladic said in The Hague.
Mladic earlier, during the trial at the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in 2012-2017, said that his actions in Bosnia were a forced response to the actions of the armed formations of Bosnian Muslims and Croats.
Both sides appealed against Mladic’s sentence in late 2017. The defense asks to acquit him on all counts, while the prosecution demanded that the former general be found guilty of genocide not only in Srebrenica, but also in five other municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A court decision on these appeals is not expected until next year.