Bosnian Serb Leader Karadzic Set to Attend War Crimes Trial

Karadzic denies all the charges and says the tribunal must give him nine more months to prepare his case. Photo by BGNES

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will appear at his trial on genocide and war crimes charges, a legal adviser says.

He boycotted the trial's start last week saying he needed more time to prepare his defence.

One of his legal team said he would attend the Hague tribunal on Tuesday to discuss how to end the stalemate.

Karadzic denies all the charges and says the tribunal must give him nine more months to prepare his case, the BBC reported.

Prosecutors, who have branded him the leader of an ethnic cleansing campaign in the Bosnian war of the 1990s, will continue setting out their case on Monday.

In opening remarks last week, prosecutors said Karadzic had "harnessed the forces of nationalism, hatred and fear" to pursue his vision of a state without Muslims.

The 64-year-old is representing himself at the trial.

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