ZAGREB, May 5 (Hina) - According to the Croatian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Jaksa Muljacic, who held talks with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) chief prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, information
that General Petar Stipetic is acquitted of all responsibilities for war crimes is most probably correct, Croatian government spokeswoman Aleksandra Kolaric said on Saturday. The Croatian government will not comment on this until the ICTY officially voices its opinion on the matter, Kolaric added. Croatian daily "Republika" wrote in today's issue that reliable sources in The Hague claim that the Croatian Army Chief-of-Staff, General Petar Stipetic, was acquitted of all responsibilities for war crimes committed during and after the Croatian military and police operation of "Storm". According to "Republika", the ICTY chief prosecutor dropped the invest
ZAGREB, May 5 (Hina) - According to the Croatian Ambassador to the
Netherlands, Jaksa Muljacic, who held talks with the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) chief
prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, information that General Petar
Stipetic is acquitted of all responsibilities for war crimes is
most probably correct, Croatian government spokeswoman Aleksandra
Kolaric said on Saturday.
The Croatian government will not comment on this until the ICTY
officially voices its opinion on the matter, Kolaric added.
Croatian daily "Republika" wrote in today's issue that reliable
sources in The Hague claim that the Croatian Army Chief-of-Staff,
General Petar Stipetic, was acquitted of all responsibilities for
war crimes committed during and after the Croatian military and
police operation of "Storm". According to "Republika", the ICTY
chief prosecutor dropped the investigation because after the first
round of interrogation, the ICTY prosecution decided there were no
grounds for an indictment against Stipetic.
Stipetic testified before ICTY investigators as a suspect in Zagreb
in late March.
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