BELGRADE, Aug 29 (Hina) - An association gathering the parents and families of arrested, imprisoned and missing persons from Serbia and Montenegro has accused Croatian authorities of non-cooperation in the identification of bodies
discovered in mass and individual graves and called on the international community to exert pressure on Croatia.
BELGRADE, Aug 29 (Hina) - An association gathering the parents and
families of arrested, imprisoned and missing persons from Serbia
and Montenegro has accused Croatian authorities of non-cooperation
in the identification of bodies discovered in mass and individual
graves and called on the international community to exert pressure
on Croatia. #L#
Speaking at a news conference in Belgrade on Friday, the head of the
association's branch in Serbia and Montenegro, Radivoje Simic,
accused Croatian authorities of avoiding to join a unified system
of laboratories for DNA analysis, "because they are aware that most
unidentified bodies found in that country are those of Serb
civilians and soldiers killed in operations 'Flash' and 'Storm'".
Cedomir Maric, the father of a missing soldier, told reporters that
2,824 people had gone missing on the territory of the former
"Republic of Serb Krajina" alone. The association informed members
of the US Congress of this during their recent visit to Serbia and
Montenegro.
The head of the association's branch in Kosovo, Olgica Bozanic,
said that the association was looking for 1,303 persons who had gone
missing in Kosovo since 1998.
(hina) rml