THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, June 2 (Hina) - At the trial of former Serbian and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague, a discussion on the ICTY Prosecution's request for free access to the archives of Serbia-Montenegro and the
hand-over of over 150 military documents was set for Tuesday.
THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, June 2 (Hina) - At the trial of former Serbian and
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague, a discussion on
the ICTY Prosecution's request for free access to the archives of
Serbia-Montenegro and the hand-over of over 150 military documents
was set for Tuesday. #L#
A delegation of the government of Serbia-Montenegro will take part
in tomorrow's discussion on the availability of documents and state
archives in Belgrade to investigators of the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). This
delegation will be led by an advisor to the foreign minister,
Vladimir Djeric.
At the previous debate on this issue, held on 10 March, the trial
chamber, presided by Judge Richard May, gave a two-month deadline
for Belgrade to respond to the ICTY Prosecution's request for the
production of documents which were important in the Milosevic
trial. The prosecution was told to specify more precisely which
documents it wanted.
The prosecution asked the trial chamber to issue a subpoena to
Belgrade in order to make it hand over documents and allow ICTY
prosecutors to have access to the archives.
Officials of Serbia-Montenegro contested the Prosecution's right
to unlimited access to the state archives and claimed that the
request for the production of documents was too broad and should be
turned down.
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