BELGRADE, Sept 4 (Hina) - International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte met with the Yugoslav Justice Minister Savo Markovic in Belgrade on Tuesday, and has assured him, he stated,
there will be no more secret indictments against Yugoslav citizens. After the one-hour meeting, Markovic told the reporters they have discussed new extradictions and the terms of such extradictions, but with "no specific names". Markovic specifically mentioned "there had been no discussion of extraditing people with immunity". ICTY chief prosecutor has, however, stated on several occasions recently that ICTY "does not recognise any immunity" given by the Yugoslav authorities, specifically in reference to Serbia's current president Milan Milutinovic and Colonel Veselin Sljivancanin. Markovic added that the possibility of an investigation of the "involvement in war crimes o
BELGRADE, Sept 4 (Hina) - International War Crimes Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia (ICTY) chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte met with
the Yugoslav Justice Minister Savo Markovic in Belgrade on Tuesday,
and has assured him, he stated, there will be no more secret
indictments against Yugoslav citizens.
After the one-hour meeting, Markovic told the reporters they have
discussed new extradictions and the terms of such extradictions,
but with "no specific names".
Markovic specifically mentioned "there had been no discussion of
extraditing people with immunity".
ICTY chief prosecutor has, however, stated on several occasions
recently that ICTY "does not recognise any immunity" given by the
Yugoslav authorities, specifically in reference to Serbia's
current president Milan Milutinovic and Colonel Veselin
Sljivancanin.
Markovic added that the possibility of an investigation of the
"involvement in war crimes of the high political officials of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)"
was discussed as well.
Before meeting Markovic, del Ponte also met with the director of the
Yugoslavia and Serbia's State Coordination for Kosovo, Nebojsa
Covic, as well as the Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
Covic told the press he has asked the chief prosecutor to start an
investigation into "crimes that were committed against Serbs in
Kosovo and the south of Serbia", for which, he claims, Belgrade "has
the necessary documentation", while the PM affirmed the need for
cooperation between the Yugoslav government and the High Court,
adding that Yugoslavia "has to more seriously investigate crimes as
a way of establishing the credibility of its justice system".
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