ZAGREB, Sept 9 (Hina) - The talks with The Hague war crimes tribunal's vice president and chief prosecutor "examined our relations and analysed commitments," Croatia's First Deputy Prime Minister Goran Granic said on Saturday upon
returning from a two-day visit to the Netherlands.
ZAGREB, Sept 9 (Hina) - The talks with The Hague war crimes
tribunal's vice president and chief prosecutor "examined our
relations and analysed commitments," Croatia's First Deputy Prime
Minister Goran Granic said on Saturday upon returning from a two-
day visit to the Netherlands.#L#
"We examined our relations and analysed commitments dating back to
1997, and later cleared dilemmas regarding the use of archives and
our commitments to Bosnia-Herzegovina," Granic said of his talks
with International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
Vice President Florence Mumba and Chief Prosecutor Carla del
Ponte.
He added the talks also addressed procedures regarding witnesses
which "are under the obligation to keep secrets of state."
The eight-hour talks held over Friday and Saturday working meetings
did not discuss any one separate case, Granic said. He added it was
likely that people arrested as suspects in war crimes committed in
the central BH village of Ahmici in 1993 would be interrogated by
The Hague tribunal. This, he pointed out, was what the Croatian
government wanted.
"Obviously, they couldn't take a stand because they have their own
procedure of gathering witnesses," Granic explained, adding he
believed ICTY would forward to Croatia a request to that effect.
The first deputy prime minister said the talks created a "positive
atmosphere" for future meetings. He announced a press conference
for next week to offer more details about the talks.
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