Stockholm - Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt Tuesday welcomed the arrest of indicted Bosnian Serb war-crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic.

"This is very good news," Bildt said in a statement released by the foreign ministry, lauding the new Serbian government for showing its will "to live up to its international and European commitments."

Bildt said he hoped Karadzic will soon be brought to trial.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store attending talks in Geneva aimed at reviving the World Trade Organization's Doha Round also welcomed the news of the arrest.

"I expect that he continues the journey to The Hague so that he can stand trial for the acts he is charged with," Store told news agency NTB.

"This has great importance for how Serbia will be regarded by the rest of the world and for all those who have suffered injustice," he added. (dpa)