The arrest of Bosnian wartime commander Naser Oric, who was arrested 12 days ago at the airport in Bern according to the Serbian arrest warrant, is in the hands of the Swiss investigating authorities. They have a deadline for taking decision, which expires in next five days. Serbian request for extradition will be rejected, claim well-informed diplomatic sources, because Oric was acquitted by the Hague Tribunal for crimes in the Drina valley in 1992. “Regardless of the fact the War Crimes Prosecution in Belgrade has two new witnesses, Bosnians, the crimes for which Oric is accused are the same, so a decision of Switzerland will be to release Oric,” says our source.

Diplomatic source explains that the Oric's arrest and then the arrest and later release of former KLA leader Ramush Haradinaj in Slovenia, the British resolution on Srebrenica in the UN, as well the Hague’s request for the return of Vojislav Seselj should be seen as part of a wider picture. “This presents disciplining the Balkans by the EU and the United States,” points out the source.

West wants to concentrate on increasing problems with Russia and terrorism. That’s why it insists that the Western Balkans fix the things "once and forever." That is why politicians in the region in previous days had been "tested" and carefully observed whether in times of the crisis they sent messages of reconciliation or again set "old fires".

“When it comes to our government, it is very possible that the EU is trying to push them to bring decisions; or to stand behind those indictments for war crimes, or to withdraw,” says political analyst Djordje Vukadinovic.

The analyst Dusan Janjic sees arrest of Haradinaj according to the Serbia’s indictment as pressure on Kosovo. “It is possible that the indictment will be used to exert pressure on the establishment of the Specialized Chambers for the crimes of the KLA,” says Janjic.

Director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Aleksandra Joksimovic says that "we created problems for us." “This is a consequence and a reminder that the crimes must have the epilogue and not to be forgotten,” said Joksimovic.