FUGITIVE INDICTEE GOTOVINA WILLING TO TALK TO HAGUE?

ZAGREB, June 9 (Hina) - The issue of Nacional which hits news-stands on Tuesday has an interview with fugitive war crimes indictee Ante Gotovina in which, according to the weekly's CEO Ivo Pukanic, the retired general says he is willing to talk to the Hague tribunal, under some conditions, state television said late on Monday. #L# "General Gotovina's main message is that he recognises the Hague tribunal and is willing to talk to The Hague and its investigators, but under certain conditions," Pukanovic said on HTV. He said Gotovina believed a great injustice against him would be rectified if he were put in the same position as retired General Petar Stipetic had been when investigators from The Hague interviewed him as a suspect in Zagreb. Commenting on the announced interview, interior ministry spokeswoman Zinka Bardic told Hina the police would act in line with its authority in the search for Gotovina, for whom an international arrest warrant has been issued. The police will examine all the circumstances concerning Pukanic's claims that had interviewed Gotovina, Bardic said, adding Pukanic would be called for a police interview. (hina) ha sb