BELGRADE: DEL PONTE, HEAD OF YU. COMMISSION FOR KOSOVO HOLD TALKS

BELGRADE, Sept 4 (Hina) - In Belgrade on Tuesday, the Hague war crimes tribunal's chief prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, met with the head of a Yugoslav state commission for Kosovo, Nebojsa Covic, her first interlocutor in a series of talks aimed at advancing Yugoslavia's cooperation with the UN tribunal. The details of the meeting have not been disclosed. Later today, del Ponte is to hold talks with Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, Yugoslav Justice Minister Sava Markovic, Serbian Justice Minister Vladan Batic, district attorneys, and representatives of Serbia's Interior Ministry. The chief prosecutor should also visit a mass grave in Batajnica, near Belgrade, and meet with families of missing Kosovo Serbs. Details from said talks are expected in the evening, when del Ponte will brief the press. After Belgrade, she is to visit Sarajevo. Before arriving in the Yugoslav capital yesterday, del Ponte said her talks would focus on the extradition of all Hague tribunal indictees who are on Serbia's territory. In a brief statement to Danas daily of Tuesday, del Ponte said there were some commitments assumed by international law. Some things are very clear and the indicted must be extradited, she was quoted as saying. Upon arriving to Belgrade, the chief prosecutor held a meeting with ambassadors and representatives of the international community. No statements were made. (hina) ha