INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES COURT DELEGATION IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, Oct 4, (Hina) - Croatia was prepared to extend every possible assistance to help the International War Crimes Court in the Hague, the president of the Croatian Supreme Court, Milan Vukovic, said today. Vukovic, who also heads the Croatian Government's Commission for War Crimes, was speaking after a meeting in Zagreb with an International War Crimes Court delegation led by prosecutor Richard Gledstone. Vukovic said the War Crimes Commission was ready to hand the International Court all documents available on war crimes committed in Croatia. He also extended an offer to the International Court delegation, inviting Court officials to observe the war-crime trials process in Croatian courts. "We told prosecutor Gledstone that the International Court could have two Vukovar war-crime offenders, now in a jail in Croatia, if it wanted them," Vukovic said. There were 107 convicted war criminals in Croatia and a further 800 charged with war-crime offences. Asked whether he believed the International Court in the Hague was determined to put on trial both war-crime offenders and those who ordered the offences, Vukovic said, "we can anticipate thorough and excellent work from the Court." The International Court delegation on Wednesday travels to Sarajevo and then to Belgrade. (Hina) jas sd 041922 MET oct 94