ZAGREB, Dec 8 (Hina) - The chief prosecutor of the Hague war crimestribunal, Carla del Ponte, said in Belgrade on Thursday that fugitiveCroatian general Ante Gotovina was arrested on the Canary Islands onWednesday and that steps were
being taken to transfer him to TheHague, del Ponte's spokeswoman Florence Hartmann told Hina over thephone from Belgrade.
ZAGREB, Dec 8 (Hina) - The chief prosecutor of the Hague war
crimes tribunal, Carla del Ponte, said in Belgrade on Thursday that fugitive
Croatian general Ante Gotovina was arrested on the Canary Islands on Wednesday
and that steps were being taken to transfer him to The Hague, del Ponte's
spokeswoman Florence Hartmann told Hina over the phone from Belgrade. Del Ponte, who is visiting Belgrade today, spoke on the phone with Croatian
Prime Minister Ivo Sanader regarding the matter, Hartmann said, adding that
the chief prosecutor thanked Croatia for cooperation.
General Gotovina was indicted in 2001 for crimes committed in the
course and after the 1995 Operation Storm and he had been on the run since.