After talks with ICTY Deputy Chief Prosecutor David Tolbert, Prosper said that Serbia was not cooperating with the tribunal at all. Prosper stressed that Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica was responsible for that, Belgrade-based Beta news agency reported.
The fact is that Belgrade is not cooperating, which increases the possibility for the extension of the deadline for the tribunal's closure, Prosper said.
He confirmed that not only the most wanted indictees were in Serbia, but also a large number of other ICTY fugitives.
Prosper told Kostunica the solution to the problem was sending the fugitives to The Hague and added that trials before domestic tribunals were not possible until all indictees were extradited to The Hague, including four military and police generals indicted for war crimes in Kosovo.
Under the ICTY exit strategy adopted by the UN Security Council, the active term in office of the ICTY Prosecution ends this year, all trials must be completed by the end of 2008, while all appeals proceedings before the tribunal must be completed by the end of 2010,