ATTORNEY: STIPETIC'S NEXT TESTIMONY - NOT BEFORE JUNE

ZAGREB, March 31 (Hina) - A new testimony by General Petar Stipetic before the investigators of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) should not be expected in the next two months, Stipetic's attorney Cedo Prodanovic told Zagreb's 101 radio station on Saturday. Asked when a new hearing of General Stipetic could be expected, Prodanovic said, "in my opinion, it cannot happen in the next two months." Namely, this is how long it would take ICTY investigators to obtain documents "Stipetic referred to during his testimony," which primarily prove that "he did not directly carry out any duties in relation to specific operations," from the Croatian Government's Office for Cooperation with the ICTY. The Croatian Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff, General Stipetic testified before ICTY investigators in Zagreb last Tuesday and Wednesday as a suspect in an ICTY probe into crimes committed during the 1995 military-police operations 'Flash' and 'Storm' and in the Medak Pocket. Speaking about his impression of the Hague investigators, Prodanovic said they were "still sounding out the ground and have no knowledge at all of the general's relation to specific operations." "They were somewhat surprised that he was not involved at all as commander in two out of three operations," he said. (hina) rml