PM: INDICTMENT AGAINST BOBETKO HANDED TO HIS LAWYERS

ZAGREB, April 4 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan on Friday reiterated the government's stand that an indictment of the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague against retired Croatian general Janko Bobetko had been handed to his legal counsel. #L# "The Hague (tribunal) asked that we hand the indictment either to the general or his attorneys. The indictment was delivered to his attorneys and as far as the government is concerned, the story ends here," Racan told reporters after a meeting of the ruling coalition, in reply to questions about whether the indictment had been handed to Bobetko's attorneys or not. "Everything else is unnecessary details and attempts to render Croatia hostage to the irresponsible conduct of some people around Bobetko," he said. The prime minister noted that the indictment had been issued, and added that "the attorneys must have read it and received it in this case". "I can understand if they thought that they did not have to read it," he said. The government issued a statement earlier in the day saying it had handed the indictment against the general to his attorney Bosiljko Misetic, who rebutted this, saying he had not been handed the indictment. (hina) lml sb