ZAGREB, July 10 (Hina) - At the closed part of Thursday's session the Croatian government decided to declassify documents from the time of late Defence Minister Gojko Susak which have been requested by the prosecution of the war
crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
ZAGREB, July 10 (Hina) - At the closed part of Thursday's session
the Croatian government decided to declassify documents from the
time of late Defence Minister Gojko Susak which have been requested
by the prosecution of the war crimes tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia in The Hague. #L#
Under the decision, 76 cases covering a variety of files from the
1992-5 period have been unsealed. These documents will be forwarded
to the Hague tribunal prosecutor's office, which has vowed to use
them as confidential material, strictly for the requirements of the
U.N. court and investigations.
Also today, the government verified an answer to a question by MP
Anto Kovacevic as to what it intended to do to protect fugitive
Hague indictee General Ante Gotovina.
The reply says the government has already taken steps to have parts
of the Gotovina indictment which it views as unacceptable changed.
It reiterates the government will request to be granted amicus
curiae status so as to take part in proceedings, and says the
government has appointed a special legal counsel who will
coordinate its legal assistance -- attorney Goran Mikulicic.
The government repeats it will use all legal means and routes,
including financial assistance, ensuring access to documents and
witness testimonies, to contribute to Gotovina's defence, while at
the same time providing the Hague tribunal with all guarantees
envisioned by law and the court's rules on procedure and evidence.
These measures can be efficiently used to refute the unfounded
allegations in the Gotovina indictment, thus protecting the
defendant's interests, the government said.
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