ZAGREB, April 7 (Hina) - There is still no official reaction from The Hague's U.N. war crimes tribunal (ICTY) with regard to serving an indictment on General Janko Bobetko. But unofficial sources reported that reactions to a Croatian
government report about the matter were positive, the head of the government's office for cooperation with the tribunal, Frane Krnic, said.
ZAGREB, April 7 (Hina) - There is still no official reaction from
The Hague's U.N. war crimes tribunal (ICTY) with regard to serving
an indictment on General Janko Bobetko. But unofficial sources
reported that reactions to a Croatian government report about the
matter were positive, the head of the government's office for
cooperation with the tribunal, Frane Krnic, said. #L#
"We expect the judge presiding over the matter to pass a ruling soon
to suspend the warrant to have Bobetko arrested," Krnic told
reporters.
Krnic pointed out that as far as the government was concerned, that
was the end of that matter and now it was up to the government to
report to The Hague once a month about the general's health.
Krnic reiterated the government's stance that the indictment had
been handed over to Bobetko's attorney in an absolutely legal
manner. The indictment was delivered to Bobetko's attorney
Bosiljko Misetic who was given the power of attorney to receive all
documents that arrive from The Hague.
Krnic reminded that the warrant specified that the indictment was
to be delivered to Bobetko or his attorney. But the tribunal did not
specify just who was to deliver it.
Krnic noted that Croatia had not delayed the delivery of the
indictment because it had done so on April 3 to Bobetko's attorney,
well within the specified time.
Krnic further noted that the relevant date was when the post
received the correspondence. He further added that nobody from The
Hague had objected to the fact that the indictment may have been
delivered too late.
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