PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES GENERAL NORAC CASE

KRAKOW, Feb 13 (Hina) - Croatian prime Minister Ivica Racan said in Krakow Tuesday retired Croatian army general Mirko Norac has forwarded the conditions of handing himself over to authorities to the wrong address when he sent them to Racan, because the Croatian government does not solve issues under the jurisdiction of the justice system. In its recent issue, the Nacional weekly ran a story General Norac sent Prime Minister Racan four conditions of his surrender and appearance before a court. The conditions are that he be granted bail, that he not be extradited to the Hague-based international war crimes tribunal, that witnesses who accused him be herd again and that Colonel Milan Canic be released from custody. Racan told reporters in Krakow he doubted the conditions were formulated by General Norac himself. "I do not know whether these requests are those of General Norac or people surrounding him, but this remains to be seen," Racan stressed. General Norac and Colonel Canic have been accused of having ordered the elimination of groups of citizens of Serb nationality in Pazariste, Lipova Glavica and Karlobag (central Croatia) in October 1991, during Croatia's defence war. Canic has been in custody since February 7, while an arrest warrant was issued for Norac. (hina) lml sb