THE HAGUE, May 22 (Hina) - The Hague war crimes tribunal's spokeswoman, Florence Hartmann, said in The Hague on Wednesday she did not believe that only a few suspects for crimes committed in the former Yugoslavia were located in
Serbia and Montenegro.
THE HAGUE, May 22 (Hina) - The Hague war crimes tribunal's
spokeswoman, Florence Hartmann, said in The Hague on Wednesday she
did not believe that only a few suspects for crimes committed in the
former Yugoslavia were located in Serbia and Montenegro. #L#
There are many more fugitives in Yugoslavia than the number quoted,
Hartmann said at a regular press conference in response to a
question about US State Secretary Colin Powell's claims that there
were only five or six fugitives currently in Serbia and Montenegro
of the 18 being hunted on the basis of charges brought by the
international war crimes tribunal.
The prosecution expects the authorities to arrest the remaining
fugitives, Hartmann said.
She recalled that a total of 25 indictments with arrest warrants
were delivered to Belgrade. Six of those being hunted surrendered
voluntarily, while former interior minister Vlajko Stojiljkovic
committed suicide in April this year.
Asked about US announcements to approve financial assistance to
Belgrade, Hartmann said this was a political decision that she
could not comment on. She could say that as far as co-operation was
concerned, the only positive progress was the surrender of a few
individuals while access to witnesses and documents was still being
hampered.
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