ZAGREB, March 20 (Hina) - Croatia's Prime Minister Ivica Racan on Tuesday evening said he did not know where retired General Mirko Norac was currently, and announced a news conference on this issue for tomorrow when he would answer
the question whether he contacted Norac. Retired General Norac has been on the run since the beginning of this month when the state prosecution's office in the seaport of Rijeka decided to widen an investigation into the so-called Gospic Group to him, as he was under suspicion of having committed war crimes against civilians in the central town of Gospic in 1991. On Tuesday evening, PM Racan gave an interview to the national television (HTV). "I do not know where Norac is. Whether I have contacted (him), I shall answer tomorrow. I cannot say it this evening," the premier said responding to a reporter's question whether he knew Novac's whereabouts and whether he contac
ZAGREB, March 20 (Hina) - Croatia's Prime Minister Ivica Racan on
Tuesday evening said he did not know where retired General Mirko
Norac was currently, and announced a news conference on this issue
for tomorrow when he would answer the question whether he contacted
Norac.
Retired General Norac has been on the run since the beginning of
this month when the state prosecution's office in the seaport of
Rijeka decided to widen an investigation into the so-called Gospic
Group to him, as he was under suspicion of having committed war
crimes against civilians in the central town of Gospic in 1991.
On Tuesday evening, PM Racan gave an interview to the national
television (HTV).
"I do not know where Norac is. Whether I have contacted (him), I
shall answer tomorrow. I cannot say it this evening," the premier
said responding to a reporter's question whether he knew Novac's
whereabouts and whether he contacted him.
"I believe we shall go out of this situation to the benefit of
Croatia as a democratic and a law-based country. I believe many,
including General Norac, will contribute to this," Racan added.
The premier stressed that it was neither streets no politics "but it
is the Croatian court where the truth will be established."
Reiterating that it was the government's task to settle the Norac
case to the benefit of the democratic Croatia, he said "foreign
factors, and even the (UN war crimes) tribunal in The Hague, must
contribute to it."
"The government wants to resolve problems to the benefit of
Croatia, as a democratic and law-based country, through the
cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, no matter how it may appear
difficult sometimes," Racan added.
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