MESIC FOR SLOVENE DAILY ON KUCAN'S TESTIMONY AGAINST MILOSEVIC

LJUBLJANA, May 17 (Hina) - "I believe that former Slovene President Milan Kucan will testify before the Hague Tribunal about Slobodan Milosevic's preparations for the war and the creation of 'an ethnically clean Greater Serbia'", Croatian President Stjepan Mesic told Slovenia's daily "Vecer". #L# The Slovene daily on Saturday published the interview with Mesic in which he spoke about bilateral relations, as well as Kucan's testimony, which he will give next Wednesday as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of Milosevic. The interview was conducted last Wednesday, during Mesic's visit to Ljubljana and after his private meeting with Kucan. "I don't think Kucan will testify about the war in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina (...). In my opinion, Kucan will speak about the phase that preceded the war, namely the preparations of Milosevic and his regime for the war which was aimed at expanding borders and creating a Greater and ethnically clean Serbia," Mesic said. He said Kucan could also testify about Milosevic's activities aimed at breaking up "the multinational party", namely about the events which took place at the last, 14th congress of the Yugoslav Communist Alliance. (hina) it