BELGRADE, Nov 7 (Hina) - The National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal did not reach any concrete decision on Friday regarding indictments against four military and police generals.
BELGRADE, Nov 7 (Hina) - The National Council for Cooperation with
the Hague Tribunal did not reach any concrete decision on Friday
regarding indictments against four military and police generals.
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The session, also attended by Special War Crimes Prosecutor
Vladimir Vukcevic, discussed legal aspects of the indictments
issued by the Hague tribunal against police generals Vlastimir
Djordjevic and Sreten Lukic and military generals Nebojsa Pavkovic
and Vladimir Lazarevic, according to a statement released after the
meeting.
"We discussed legal aspects of the transfer of authority to our
judiciary, fully confident that our judiciary is professional and
capable of conducting proceedings in technical and organisational
terms," Council Chairman and Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic
told B92 radio.
"We took into account the conclusion of the Serbian government that
this indictment raised the issue of security of the country. Since
we adopted this assessment of the government, we decided to
continue consultations with key partners in the international
community and especially with the Hague tribunal," he added.
The council recommended that the government allow "examination and
submission" of military documents requested by defence attorneys
for former Yugoslav army officer Miroslav Radic or by Hague
tribunal prosecutors.
At the request of defence counsel for former Yugoslav army officers
Mile Mrksic and the tribunal's Office of the Prosecutor, the
council recommended that the government and the Council of
Ministers release certain witnesses from the obligation of keeping
state or military secrets, the statement said without identifying
the witnesses.
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