BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4925

HR-BILTEN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4925 HINA Zagreb 16 April 2003CROATIAN PM, ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR SATISFIED WITH COOPERATIONZAGREB, April 16 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan and the Chief Prosecutor of the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Carla Del Ponte, agreed at Wednesday's talks in Zagreb that cooperation between the ICTY and Croatia was generally good and developing well. They clarified some open issues. "We agreed that cooperation is generally good. We also assessed certain issues which need to be clarified and solved," Racan told a news conference after the meeting. Del Ponte said a very positive development of cooperation between Croatia and the Hague tribunal had been achieved, and added that certain open issues were still awaiting solutions. The chief prosecutor stressed that the arrest of retired General Ante Gotovina was an important issue. She is confident about the Croatian government's determin