BELGRADE, Oct 18 (Hina) - The head of the Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Seselj, on Friday delivered to journalists copies of a letter he sent to former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic who is currently being tried by the UN
tribunal for war crimes. In the letter, Seselj refutes testimonies made by two Belgrade journalists from the "Vreme" weekly, Dejan Anastasijevic and Jovan Dulovic.
BELGRADE, Oct 18 (Hina) - The head of the Serbian Radical Party,
Vojislav Seselj, on Friday delivered to journalists copies of a
letter he sent to former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic who
is currently being tried by the UN tribunal for war crimes. In the
letter, Seselj refutes testimonies made by two Belgrade
journalists from the "Vreme" weekly, Dejan Anastasijevic and Jovan
Dulovic. #L#
Both refer to my alleged statements post festum, that were perhaps
made during the fierce propaganda war between the Serbian Radical
Party and the Socialist Party of Serbia at the intervals between my
two terms in prison, Seselj said in his letter.
Seselj notes that he first met Milosevic in February 1992 at a
session of the Serbian Assembly and they spoke for the first time in
May that year about the coming federal election. They never
discussed war operations or volunteers.
The Serbian Radical Party, Seselj notes, sent all its volunteers to
the Yugoslav Peoples' Army (JNA). Their collection point was the
barracks in Bubanj Potok while their length of service was written
into their military registers, Seselj claimed, emphasising that
his party never had any paramilitary units.
I am prepared, Mr. Milosevic, to testify to the truth about the war
events and I am surprised that the ICTY's Prosecutor considers me
unavailable. As soon as I receive an official subpoena, I will be
there, Seselj wrote to Milosevic.
In the Milosevic indictment, Seselj is noted as one of the members
of the joint criminal enterprise in the war against Croatia and
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Seselj was arrested twice by Milosevic's regime. The last sentence
was in 1993 during the pre-election campaign when Seselj referred
to Milosevic as the greatest criminal in Serbia and branded
Milosevic's wife, Mirjana Markovic, as the red witch from Dedinje.
After that the Serb Radical Party entered into what was commonly
referred to as the Red-Black coalition with Milosevic's party and
the Yugoslav Leftists run by Mirjana Markovic forming a national
unity government from 1998 to 2000.
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