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Some reactions to Milosevic's death

Slobodan Milosevic was regarded as the chief architect of the carnage unleashed during the breakup of Yugoslavia last decade.

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(CNN) -- Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, 64, died in The Hague Saturday, Netherlands, just months before his war crimes trial before the U.N. international war crimes tribunal was expected to end.

Below are reactions to his death:

Widow Mirjana Milosevic: "The tribunal has killed my husband."

Borislav Milosevic, brother: "All responsibility for what has happened rests with" the tribunal. (Watch Milosevic's brother blame the tribunal -- 3:39)

Serbian President Boris Tadic: Tadic expressed his condolences to the Milosevic's family and to the Socialist Party, according to RTS (Radio TV of Serbia).

Serbia-Montenegro Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic: "Milosevic organized many, many assassinations of people of my party, of people of my family ... He ordered, a few times, assassination attempts against my life.

"What can I say? I can say it's a pity he didn't face justice in Belgrade."

Former High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Paddy Ashdown: Milosevic was "a leader who led his people, the great nation of Serbs, into catastrophe and shame."

Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik: "This does not change or alter in any way the need to come to terms with the past, with the legacy of which Slobodan Milosevic has been a part.

"This will be one of the big challenges ahead for the region in order to reach what is the ultimate goal we are all working on, and this is lasting peace and reconciliation."

French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy: "With the death of Milosevic, one of the main actors, if not the the main actor in the Balkan wars of the late 20th century, has left the scene.

"I would like to spare a thought for all those who suffered so much from ethnic cleansing -- tens of thousands of men, women and children -- (the cleansing) Milosevic conceived and planned."

Zoran Andjelkovic, an official of Milosevic's Socialist Party: "We expect the tribunal to explain how was it possible, and why they did not let him have [medical] treatment in Russia."

Ivica Dacic, senior official of Milosevic's Socialist Party: "It's a big loss for Serbia and for the Socialist party. He was being systematically killed in the Hague and finally he died."

Croatian President Stjepan Mesic: "It's a pity that Milosevic did not live through the trial and get his deserved sentence."

Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Richard Holbrooke, chief architect of the Dayton Peace accords: "This man, this monster, this war criminal who wrecked Southeastern Europe in the latter part of the 20th century is gone from the scene once and for all, but his mark is enduring ... and it isn't very good.

"Milosevic is over, but the problem is that there's still two terrible war criminals out there." [Ratko Mladic, leader of the Bosnian Serb army, and former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, both at large and wanted on war crimes charges.]

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton: "I am grateful that the United States led a coalition that stopped Slobodan Milosevic's campaign of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Kosovo.

Milosevic's brutal policies are responsible for the deaths of countless thousands, millions of refugees, and ethnic conflicts which continue to fester. I am sorry that his trial will not be completed, and that he did not acknowledge and apologize for his crimes before his death. Nevertheless, his capture and trial will serve as a reminder that egregious crimes against humanity will not be tolerated."

David Owen, former European Union envoy to Balkans: "I think people everywhere, but particularly in the former Yugoslavia and in Bosnia, were wanting this verdict. They now will feel cheated and it's a tragedy in a way that justice has not been able to give the verdict which was important to hear."

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw: Milosevic had been a "malign influence" on the region.

Haris Silajdzic, former prime minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina: Milosevic's death will not have a great impact, he said. "The world has moved on."

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