LJUBLJANA, Nov 6 (Hina) - Slovene President Milan Kucan spoke with representatives of the UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague for two days about the political events which led to the break-up of the ex-Yugoslavia and the ensuing wars
in Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
LJUBLJANA, Nov 6 (Hina) - Slovene President Milan Kucan spoke with
representatives of the UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague for two
days about the political events which led to the break-up of the ex-
Yugoslavia and the ensuing wars in Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-
Herzegovina. #L#
The talks were closed to the public and the Hague tribunal expressed
an interest in holding them in June, Kucan's office said in a
statement.
The talks referred to "the break-up of the former Yugoslavia and the
violent war on its territory," read the statement, adding that
Kucan presented his view of that time as "a participant and witness
of many events up to the summer 1991".
The tribunal's experts were also interested in the "situation in
party and state leaderships" ahead of Slovenia's gaining of
independence.
Slovene media maintain it is uncertain if the Hague's prosecution,
based on the latest information, will ask Kucan and Prime Minister
Janez Drnovsek, who at the time of the break-up was a member of the
former collective presidency, to testify against former Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic.
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