SARAJEVO, Dec 6 (Hina) - The Croatian authorities do not know where retired general Ante Gotovina is, and the moment he becomes available Croatia will meet its obligations towards the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said in an interview published by Banja Luka daily Nezavisne Novine on Saturday.
SARAJEVO, Dec 6 (Hina) - The Croatian authorities do not know where
retired general Ante Gotovina is, and the moment he becomes
available Croatia will meet its obligations towards the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
at The Hague, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said in an interview
published by Banja Luka daily Nezavisne Novine on Saturday. #L#
Mesic said he did not have personal contacts with Gotovina, but with
persons who had spoken to the fugitive general.
"He (Gotovina) said he recognises the institution of the Hague
tribunal as well as Croatian institutions and that the former
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) rule did not allow him to speak to
ICTY investigators," Mesic said.
Mesic said he advocated that Gotovina be enabled to speak to ICTY
investigators in Zagreb. If the investigators are not happy with
that then Gotovina will go to The Hague.
Asked if the new HDZ rule would obstruct cooperation with the Hague
tribunal, Mesic said no.
Reiterating the HDZ today is different from the 1990 HDZ, Mesic said
the party needed to prove this with concrete acts because any form
of non-cooperation with the Hague would only cause damage to
Croatia.
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