ZAGREB: ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR, CROATIAN PRIME MINISTER MEET

ZAGREB, May 6 (Hina) - The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, on Monday afternoon arrived at the Croatian government building to hold talks with Prime Minister Ivica Racan.#L# During her two-day stay in Croatia, del Ponte will visit eastern Slavonia on Tuesday, namely the places mentioned in ICTY indictments. The Hague-based tribunal has so far issued several indictments for crimes committed in Croatia, of which two refer to eastern Slavonia. Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is indicted for crimes against humanity in Croatia, including eastern Slavonia. Three commanders of the former Yugoslav Army - Mile Mrksic, Veselin Sljivancanin and Miroslav Radic - are indicted for the slaughter of the wounded from Vukovar in Ovcara. In the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar, del Ponte will hold talks with a Croatian government delegation led by Vice Premier Goran Granic. The delegation will also include Justice Minister Ingrid Anticevic Marinovic. During her stay in Vukovar, the ICTY Chief Prosecutor will also hold talks with about 15 witnesses who survived Serb crimes and representatives of associations of missing and detained persons in Sotin. Del Ponte will also meet European Union ambassadors. Before the arrival of the ICTY Chief Prosecutor, Croatia expressed interest in having the tribunal turn over some cases to the domestic judiciary. Croatian officials also expressed belief that the ICTY would expand the indictment against the leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia, Milan Martic, who has so far been indicted for the 1995 shelling of Zagreb. (hina) it sb