ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR UNSATISFIED WITH CO-OPERATION BY YUGOSLAVIA

BELGRADE, Oct 21 (Hina) - During a meeting between the UN war crimes tribunal's Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte and Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic on Monday in Belgrade, Djindjic stated that co- operation with the Hague-based tribunal was an unavoidable obligation towards the international community and the Serbian government of Serbia was doing everything so that co-operation could be as efficient as possible. #L# A statement issued after the meeting by the Premier's cabinet said that the chief prosecutor was unsatisfied with the level of co- operation to date as well as the fact that the majority of those indicted still had not been brought before the court despite the obligation to do so which was in keeping with the federal law on co- operation with the UN tribunal. She pointed out to some other difficulties the ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia) investigators were having with access to Yugoslav archives. Premier Djindjic reiterated the Serbian government's principle attitude with relation to co-operation with the tribunal which was an unavoidable obligation towards the international community and that the government was doing everything within its jurisdiction so that co-operation with the tribunal could be more efficient. On the one-day visit to Yugoslavia, the ICTY's chief prosecutor met with Yugoslav Foreign Minister and the head of the National Advisory Committee for Co-operation with the ICTY, Goran Svilanovic. (hina) sp ms sb