BELGRADE: FOUR WANTED WAR CRIMINALS IN THE HAGUE NEXT WEEK

BELGRADE, April 26 (Hina) - The Yugoslav Justice Ministry delivered to the Belgrade County Court warrants for the arrest of the accused who did not surrender themselves to the Hague war crimes tribunal, Yugoslav Interior Minister Zoran Zivkovic told journalists on Friday. #L# Zivkovic said that all those on the Hague's list currently located in Yugoslavia who had not surrendered themselves would be arrested. The five who reported for surrender have been given 15 days to go to The Hague, as agreed with tribunal's office in Belgrade. The deadline for Mile Mrksic, accused of war crimes in Vukovar in 1991, was extended to 30 days due to his ill health. The government's attitude is that Milan Milutinovic, the current president of Serbia, should remain in office until the end of his mandate, and The Hague does not have any objections to this, Zivkovic said. In response to statements by chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte that the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army, Ratko Mladic, is in Serbia, Zivkovic said del Ponte should state where he was so that he could be arrested. Minister Zivkovic confirmed that four accused would travel to The Hague next week - Nikola Sainovic, a former Yugoslav deputy prime minister accused of crimes in Kosovo in 1999, Milan Martic, accused of shelling Zagreb in 1995, Vladimir Kovacevic, accused of crimes in the Dubrovnik area, Momcilo Gruban, accused of crimes at the Omarska detention camp, and Mile Mrksic, who will join them at the end of May. (hina) sp sb