ZAGREB, Oct 7 (Hina) - The US ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, Pierre Richard Prosper, and the Croatian chief state prosecutor, Mladen Bajic, met in Zagreb on Tuesday to discuss prosecution of suspected war criminals and
fugitives from the UN war crimes tribunal.
ZAGREB, Oct 7 (Hina) - The US ambassador-at-large for war crimes
issues, Pierre Richard Prosper, and the Croatian chief state
prosecutor, Mladen Bajic, met in Zagreb on Tuesday to discuss
prosecution of suspected war criminals and fugitives from the UN
war crimes tribunal. #L#
"We discussed Croatia's readiness to prosecute war criminals
regardless of their ethnic background and to make every effort to
apprehend persons sought by the Hague tribunal, including Ante
Gotovina," Bajic told Hina.
Bajic said Prosper had commended the Croatian state prosecutor's
office for the steps it had taken in prosecuting war crimes since
their last meeting a year ago.
According to Bajic, the meeting said that cooperation between
Croatia and the Hague tribunal was good.
The meeting was also attended by the US ambassador to Croatia, Ralph
Frank.
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