CROATIAN AMBASSADOR TO HOLLAND MEETS BLEWITT

THE HAGUE, Dec 14 (Hina) - Croatian Ambassador to in the Netherlands Jaksa Muljacic held talks with deputy chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Graham Blewitt in the headquarters of the Tribunal on Thursday. "I expressed the concern of the Croatian Government cause by latest statements and interviews of the deputy prosecutor", the Croatian Ambassador said after the talks. Blewitt on Wednesday confirmed that the Croatian authorities knew the names of persons against whom the Hague-based Tribunal was conducting investigations for crimes they had allegedly committed during the 1995 "Storm" operation. Blewitt told reporters that names which had recently appeared in the Croatian media mostly matched with the names in prosecution's investigating acts. Asked whether the Prosecutor's Office had ever informed Croatian authorities or anybody else in Croatia about the persons who were the target of those probes relating to the "Storm", Blewitt answered they had notified and told names. Respecting the practice of the prosecutor's office, Blewitt declined to reveal the names. We are disappointed that the names have been made public (in the media) and in this case Croatia has not acted in good faith, he said. In recent months Croatian media have speculated with names of a few generals who may be potential indictees of the ICTY. (hina) it