ZAGREB, Nov 16 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic on Thursday, ahead of his trip to Dayton, told reporters he did not share the concern of some people in the country that possible testimonies of former employees of the Croatian
Intelligence Service and the Croatian Security Intelligence Service before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) would jeopardise national security. "It is in our interest to establish the facts and the truth, that those who committed crimes be indicted in The Hague and the innocent ones be released. I don't see how the discovery of someone having had abused his authorities could represent a threat to national security", Mesic said. The President told reporters that head of the Office for the National Security Tomislav Karamenko and head of the Intelligence Service Damir Loncaric, as well as other officials of intelligence services in the c
ZAGREB, Nov 16 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic on Thursday,
ahead of his trip to Dayton, told reporters he did not share the
concern of some people in the country that possible testimonies of
former employees of the Croatian Intelligence Service and the
Croatian Security Intelligence Service before the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) would
jeopardise national security.
"It is in our interest to establish the facts and the truth, that
those who committed crimes be indicted in The Hague and the innocent
ones be released. I don't see how the discovery of someone having
had abused his authorities could represent a threat to national
security", Mesic said.
The President told reporters that head of the Office for the
National Security Tomislav Karamenko and head of the Intelligence
Service Damir Loncaric, as well as other officials of intelligence
services in the country, had made their mandates available until a
new law on intelligence services is passed.
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