ZAGREB, Mar 10 (Hina) - The Croatian government has to draft and submit to parliament within three weeks a platform on Croatia's relations with The Hague war crimes tribunal, which will be discussed by both houses of parliament,
parliament's committees on internal policy and national security concluded at a joint session on Friday. The Croatian Democratic Union bench withdrew its motion for an urgent session of the House of Representatives, which was to discuss Croatia's relations with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Attending today's session, which was closed to the public, were also members of the parliament's presidency, the presidents of parliamentary benches and parties, the government's narrow cabinet which includes the premier, first deputy premier and two deputy premiers, the ministers of foreign affairs, the interior, justice, and defence, t
ZAGREB, Mar 10 (Hina) - The Croatian government has to draft and
submit to parliament within three weeks a platform on Croatia's
relations with The Hague war crimes tribunal, which will be
discussed by both houses of parliament, parliament's committees on
internal policy and national security concluded at a joint session
on Friday.
The Croatian Democratic Union bench withdrew its motion for an
urgent session of the House of Representatives, which was to
discuss Croatia's relations with the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
Attending today's session, which was closed to the public, were
also members of the parliament's presidency, the presidents of
parliamentary benches and parties, the government's narrow cabinet
which includes the premier, first deputy premier and two deputy
premiers, the ministers of foreign affairs, the interior, justice,
and defence, the manager of the Croatian Intelligence Service, and
the Croatian president's adviser on military matters.
The drafting of the platform is an incentive from The Hague tribunal
aimed at defining more precisely Croatia's relations with the
tribunal, parliament president Zlatko Tomcic told reporters after
the session.
Tomcic said there was a series of details which could not be spoken
of at the moment, but added it was a well-known fact that Croatia had
been close to having Mladen Naletilic Tuta undergo trial in
Croatia, and having Tihomir Blaskic wait for his appeal and retrial
also in Croatia.
At this moment, Croatia is further from that possibility than a few
days ago, Tomcic said, adding the reason for this were certain
reactions in the public and unprincipled debates on Croatia's
relations with the tribunal. He evaded the question whether this
week's protest in front of the United States embassy building in
Zagreb had been another cause.
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