In her report, Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said nothing more than what we know, namely that Croatia's cooperation with the tribunal is burdened by one outstanding problem -- the arrest of fugitive Croatian army general Ante Gotovina, Sanader told reporters during his visit to the Miroslav Krleza Institute of Lexicography in Zagreb.
"There are several details in the prosecutor's statement that will be subject to additional verification. We will thoroughly analyse every part of her report," he said.
Commenting on Del Ponte's allegation that Gotovina had been seen in Croatia last summer, Sanader said that according to his information this was not true. "One who claims something must also prove it," he said.
Sanader said that Croatia would submit a report to the European Council on all the activities it was undertaking with a view to resolving the Gotovina case. The Council meets in December to decide on a date for the start of membership talks with Croatia.
Responding to a journalist's statement that Del Ponte had openly declared for the first time that some Croatian state structures were protecting the fugitive general, the prime minister said that it was not true and that such allegations had to be corroborated with evidence.
"The Government and all state structures are fully committed to cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, and we have proved that over the past year," Sanader said.