Karadzic will never surrender, says his brother

AFP, Banja Luka
The UN war crimes tribunal top fugitive Radovan Karadzic, charged for genocide during Bosnia's 1992-95 war, will never turn himself in, his brother told a local paper Wednesday.

"Everybody who knows Radovan knows that from the first day he decided not to surrender and he has the same attitude now," Luka Karadzic told the Nezavisne Novine daily.

"I do not know whether general (Ratko) Mladic is negotiating to surrender, but I know that my brother will not turn himself in since he does not recognize The-Hague," court, he added.

He was referring to media reports that Serbia's authorities were in talks with Mladic, Karadzic's army chief wanted by the UN court over the same charges, about his possible surrender. However, the Belgrade authorities have denied such reports.