ICTY SHOULD HAVE FORWARDED REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE TO CENTRAL FEDERAT ION ARCHIVE - BH DEFENSE MINISTER

ION ARCHIVE - BH DEFENSE MINISTER SARAJEVO, Feb 21 (Hina) - Bosnian Federation Defence Minister Ante Jelavic on Friday said that the request of the International Tribunal for War Crimes for the delivery of additional documents in relation to the indictment against Tihomil Blaskic was unjustifiably addressed to his name. "Through deception of Bosnian representative at the Hague Tribunal, Vasvija Vidovic, the subpoena is addressed to the Defence Ministry, even though it should have been forwarded to the Federation's Central Archive, which was established last year in June," Jelavic told a press conference in Sarajevo. He expected the court injunction to be dropped and that an agreement be reached, such as the one between the Croatian Government and the Hague Tribunal. This case, Jelavic however pointed out, clearly showed what condition the relations among the federal partners were in. "I wonder if such a request would have ever been forwarded to the Defence Ministry had a Muslim been in that office, that is would it be forwarded to the co-minister were I to resign," Jelavic said. (hina) ha jn 212229 MET feb 97