BELGRADE GETS U.S. REQUEST FOR NON-EXTRADITION AGREEMENT

BELGRADE, May 25 (Hina) - The state union of Serbia and Montenegro has received a proposal of the United States for signing a bilateral agreement on non-extradition of U.S. nationals to the recently established International Criminal Court (ICC), the foreign minister of Serbia-Montenegro has said. #L# "We in the Council of Ministers have not yet talked about that proposal, and I expect that we shall make a decision on the matter in the next few weeks," Minister Goran Svilanovic was quoted by the Vecernje Novosti daily as saying. According to Svilanovic, Washington is not exerting pressure on Serbia-Montenegro to give the positive answer as soon as possible, but it only wants to know "when we shall mull over it", he said. (hina) ms