ZAGREB TO INFORM U.S. OFFICIAL OF RELATIONS WITH HAGUE TRIBUNAL

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (Hina) - Croatia enjoys good cooperation with the U.S. special ambassador for war crimes, Pierre Richard Prosper, and during his impending visit to Zagreb, where he will urge the arrest of generals suspected of war crimes, it will brief him about cooperation with the Hague tribunal and the case of Gen. Janko Bobetko, the Croatian embassy in Washington said on Wednesday. #L# Prosper's visit to Zagreb later this month will be an opportunity for Croatia's authorities to brief him about cooperation with the U.N. war crimes tribunal, the developments in the region since his last visit, as well as about the outcome of the Bobetko case, the embassy said in a statement. Prosper told reporters on Tuesday he was dissatisfied with Croatia's, Yugoslavia's, and Bosnia's cooperation with the Hague tribunal due to their failure to arrest war crimes indictees. He announced he would visit Zagreb, Belgrade, Sarajevo, and Banja Luka later this month to demand the arrests. He will request Croatian authorities to arrest Gen. Janko Bobetko, who is in hospital, and Gen. Ante Gotovina, who is at large. The embassy statement further noted that Croatia's Ambassador to the United States, Ivan Simonovic, said that Croatia's authorities and the embassy in the U.S. enjoyed a constant and very good cooperation with Mr Prosper which was particularly intensive when Croatia received the Bobetko indictment. (hina) ha