MENEM MIGHT SIGN SAKIC'S EXTRADITION ON TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY

( Editorial: --> 3106 ) ZAGREB/BUENOS AIRES, May 11 (Hina) - Argentinean President Carlos Menem might sign Dinko Sakic's extradition decree on Tuesday or Wednesday, Argentinean Foreign Ministry spokesman, Jorge Raventos, told Hina on Monday. Menem's signature is a condition required by the Argentinean Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice to finalise the legal part of Sakic's extradition proceedings. According to Raventos, the legal part of the proceedings has not yet been formally finalised due to "technical problems" with the contents of the extradition document. In the document's first draft, it was stated that Sakic was a Croatian citizen, he said. Currently, however, the Ministry of Justice is investigating whether Sakic had been granted Argentinean citizenship upon his arrival in Argentina in the 1950's, explained Raventos. If this possibility is confirmed, the extradition document would state that Sakic was an "Argentinean citizen born in Croatia", Raventos said. (hina) as jfk/mrb 111848 MET may 98