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Milosevic Extradition to Go Ahead Even if Court
Overturns Decree

BELGRADE, Jun 27, 2001 -- (dpa) If the Federal
Constitutional Court overturns a new decree allowing
extraditions of Yugoslavs, Belgrade will still
cooperate with the United Nations war crimes tribunal
by applying its statute, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran
Djindjic said Tuesday.

The court has not yet ruled on several initiatives
questioning the constitutional legality of the
contentious decree, passed by the Yugoslav government
Saturday, paving the way for the extradition of
ex-strongman Slobodan Milosevic.

Among others, the deposed Yugoslav president
Milosevic's lawyers, his Socialist Party of Serbia and
a group of 51 law professors in Belgrade have all
filed separate petitions.

Federal Justice Minister Momcilo Grubac launched the
extradition procedure against Milosevic, wanted for
crimes against humanity that security forces allegedly
committed in the 1999 Kosovo war, on Monday.

Djindjic said Tuesday that the procedure takes "around
10 days", though he earlier hinted that Milosevic
might be extradited as early as Friday. Djindjic is
one of the most outspoken supporters of extraditions
among leaders of the DOS alliance.

Another one in his camp, Serbian Justice Minister
Vladan Batic, said that Yugoslavia, as a UN member
state, does not need any special regulation to apply
the statute of the tribunal.

The United Nations established the tribunal for war
crimes in former Yugoslavia with a Security Council
resolution in 1993.

(C)2001. dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH. 


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