ZAGREB, June 23 (Hina) - General Ante Gotovina will be allowed to speak with investigators of the Hague's UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and whether this happens in Croatia or at The Hague is just a technical
matter, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said Monday in reply to reporters' questions after giving out medals on the occasion of Statehood Day, to be marked Wednesday.
ZAGREB, June 23 (Hina) - General Ante Gotovina will be allowed to
speak with investigators of the Hague's UN war crimes tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and whether this happens in Croatia
or at The Hague is just a technical matter, Croatian President
Stjepan Mesic said Monday in reply to reporters' questions after
giving out medals on the occasion of Statehood Day, to be marked
Wednesday. #L#
Mesic confirmed he had spoken with ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del
Ponte about Gotovina over the phone on Friday.
"General Gotovina will be allowed to speak with ICTY investigators
before he answers any questions from a judge. This will be an
interview as others before him had a long time ago, for which
Gotovina was never given the opportunity. The conversation with Del
Ponte confirmed that the issue of whether the interview will take
place here or in The Hague is only a technical one," Mesic said.
The president also told reporters he had no information that Major
General Luka Dzanko's status as witness would be changed to that of
ICTY indictee, as some Croatian media wrote.
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