CORRECTION OF NEWS ITEM HEADLINED "MILJANIC: CROATIA TO

ZAGREB, Sept 27 (Hina) - Please note that in the news item headlined "MILJANIC: CROATIA TO COOPERATE WITH TRIBUNAL IN LINE WITH CONS. LAW", the second name of the head of the Croatian government's office for cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal is MILJENIC. The corrected news item is as follows: "MILJENIC: CROATIA TO COOPERATE WITH TRIBUNAL IN LINE WITH CONS. LAW ZAGREB, Sept 27 (Hina) - Croatia will continue cooperating with the Hague-based tribunal in line with the constitutional law which stipulates how the government will cooperate with the ICTY, the head of the government's office for cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal, Orsat Miljenic, said on Thursday. #L# Asked by the anchorwoman of the Croatian television's news broadcast "Meridijan 16" whether Zagreb would continue to cooperate with the tribunal, which recently forwarded an indictment against General Janko Bobetko and a warrant for his arrest, Miljenic answered: "Absolutely, Croatia will not only continue cooperating, but Croatia is also at this moment cooperating with the Hague-based tribunal." "As the cooperation with the tribunal is proceeding in line with the constitutional law, that constitutional law stipulates not only possibilities but also the commitment to certain conduct," Miljenic said. He expounded that the prosecution of all perpetrators of war crimes, regardless of their ethnic or religious origin, was one of the strategic goals of the government, which could be accomplished through the cooperation with the Hague-based tribunal, but primarily through processes conducted by national courts. The government is using its legal possibilities, as it is convinced that there are some contradictions (in the Bobetko indictment) with the Constitution, and there are some contradictions with the international law, Miljenic said. Asked whether Croatia would extradite Gen. Bobetko, he answered that at this moment he "cannot comment on it". Miljenic said this was about "a legal process, legal issue," which would be solved through solutions, proposed by Croatian laws, and if necessary, through solutions proposed by the Statute and rules of the said tribunal. Asked whether the government had known of the Bobetko indictment in April and whether it could better prepared itself, Miljenic said that "document" was only "relevant" in the relations with the tribunal. "Only when the government possesses documents, it can then act according to it," he explained." We apologise for any inconvenience. (hina) ms