THE HAGUE, Feb 1 (Hina) - Deputy Prime Minister and president of Croatia's council for cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague (ICTY), Goran Granic, met tribunal president Claude Jorda on Friday for talks on the
possibility of holding trials against persons under the tribunal's investigation in Croatia. Both the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Croatia are interested in that, Granic told reporters after the hour-long meeting with Jorda, adding they agreed on preparing documentation necessary for the resolution of the issue. Granic also raised the issue of the possibility of serving ICTY sentences in Croatia and compensation for the acquitted for time spent in custody. The deputy PM arrived at The Hague to convey at an ICTY session the Croatian government's guarantees for the temporary release of general Rahim Ademi pending trial. Ademi has been charged
THE HAGUE, Feb 1 (Hina) - Deputy Prime Minister and president of
Croatia's council for cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal
at The Hague (ICTY), Goran Granic, met tribunal president Claude
Jorda on Friday for talks on the possibility of holding trials
against persons under the tribunal's investigation in Croatia.
Both the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) and Croatia are interested in that, Granic told reporters
after the hour-long meeting with Jorda, adding they agreed on
preparing documentation necessary for the resolution of the
issue.
Granic also raised the issue of the possibility of serving ICTY
sentences in Croatia and compensation for the acquitted for time
spent in custody.
The deputy PM arrived at The Hague to convey at an ICTY session the
Croatian government's guarantees for the temporary release of
general Rahim Ademi pending trial.
Ademi has been charged on commanding responsibility for crimes
committed against Serb civilians during the 1993 Medak Pocket
operation. He has been in custody since July 25.
Before meeting Jorda, Granic, accompanied by ICTY secretary Hans
Holthuis, visited Scheveningen prison where he met eight Croats who
wished to see him, including Ademi and the Bosnian Croat convict
Tihomir Blaskic. Granic also met Mladen Naletilic Tuta, Pasko
Ljubicic, Drago Josipovic, Mario Cerkez, Vladimir Santic, and
Zdravko Mucic.
Another two Bosnian Croats are at Scheveningen, Dario Kordic and
Vinko Martinovic Stela.
Granic told reporters the ICTY expressed interest in the war crimes
trial of Tihomir Oreskovic and Mirko Norac in Rijeka. The Croatian
government is concerned about the slowness of the proceedings
although they are quicker than those at The Hague.
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