ZAGREB/THE HAGUE, Nov 19 (Hina) - A former NATO commander, US General Wesley Clark, will give testimony in the trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic before the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague in
mid-December.
ZAGREB/THE HAGUE, Nov 19 (Hina) - A former NATO commander, US
General Wesley Clark, will give testimony in the trial of former
Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic before the UN war crimes
tribunal in The Hague in mid-December. #L#
Clark will testify in a closed session on December 15 and 16, and his
testimony will be made public after 48 hours, the tribunal said in a
statement on Wednesday.
A court decision setting out the conditions under which Clark will
testify says that the trial chamber has granted extensive
protective measures requested by the US government to protect its
national interests.
Clark's testimony will be monitored by two representatives of the
US government who will be present in the courtroom, and its
publication will be delayed for 48 hours to enable the US Government
to review the transcript and make representations as to whether
evidence should be redacted.
As former NATO commander, Clark led a bombing campaign in the
Yugoslav federation of Serbia and Montenegro for weeks to put a stop
to the Yugoslav army operations in Kosovo.
Clark was director for strategic plans and policy of the joint staff
of the US armed forces in the 1990s when Americans were trying to
negotiate an end to the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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