Serbian defense minister praises convicted war criminal

FILE – In this Sept. 1, 2000 file photo, former Yugoslav army chief of staff General Nebojsa Pavkovic, left, and General Vladimir Lazarevic, right, attend a military exercise, near the eastern Serbian town of Pirot, Serbia. Serbia’s defense minister Aleksandar Vulin has praised former Gen. Vladimir Lazarevic for his role in the defense against NATO’s 1999 intervention in Kosovo, saying the Balkan country no longer has to be ashamed of a bloody crackdown against ethnic Albanian separatists. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)