A Serb general indicted for war crimes in the siege of Sarajevo during the 1992-95 Bosnian war gave himself up to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Friday, chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said. "Dragomir Milosevic, who was indicted for the shelling of Sarajevo and the siege of the civilian population, will be transferred today from Serbia to The Hague," del Ponte told a news conference. In Belgrade, Serbian authorities confirmed that Milosevic contacted them on Thursday to arrange his surrender. "This was of his own free will, and we highly appreciate it," government minister Zoran Loncar told reporters. The government of Serbia is under heavy pressure from the West to cooperate with the Hague tribunal by tracking down and arresting suspects. Milosevic was on a list of 19 indictees still at large, though not among the top five, who include Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic and his army commander, Ratko Mladic. Milosevic is a common name in Serbia. Dragomir Milosevic is no relation of former strongman Slobodan Milosevic, who is on trial in The Hague for genocide. --More 1914 Local Time 1614 GMT
