ARGENTINA NOT BOUND BY DEADLINE FOR NADA SAKIC'S EXTRADITION

( Editorial: --> 5941 ) BUENOS AIRES/ZAGREB, Aug 26 (Hina) - Argentina is currently not bound by a deadline to extradite Nada Sakic to Croatia, while Croatia has one month to collect Sakic from the moment the Argentinean administration completes its work, an advisor at the Croatian Embassy in Buenos Aires said on Tuesday. "At the moment Argentina isn't bound by any extradition deadline", Ivo Radovic told Hina over the phone. After all administrative proceedings are completed Argentina will give Croatia a one-month-period to collect Nada Sakic, he explained. A decree on the extradition of Esperanza (Nada) Tambic de Bilanovic Sakic was signed by Argentinean President Carlos Menem last Friday. A verdict on the extradition should be signed by a competent Argentinean judge and then forwarded to the Argentinean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Only when the said procedure has been completed, "when the (Argentinean) Foreign Ministry notifies us, then Croatia will have one month to collect Nada Sakic", said Radovic. He added it was difficult to say at the moment "when the deadline will come into effect". According to a Zagreb County Court investigation decision, Nada Sakic is charged with war crimes against humanity, which she allegedly committed as an officer at Stara Gradiska, a concentration camp in World War II Croatia. Asked if there was any indication towards a complaint which might delay the extradition, Radovic answered in the negative. Judging by the scarcity of media coverage of Nada Sakic's extradition, Argentina does not seem to be interested in the fate of the wife of Dinko Sakic, the commander of Jasenovac, another WW2 concentration camp in Croatia, who received massive media coverage leading to his extradition to Croatia on June 17. There have been no reports on Nada Sakic for weeks, Radovic told Hina, adding he believed the Argentinean media would report her extradition only when it was carried out. (hina) ha 261134 MET aug 98