Brammertz`s Report Won`t Be Too Favourable

Croatian PM met with ICTY head prosecutor Brammertz in New York, who will submit his report on Croatian co-operation.

Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic met with chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia Serge Brammertz on Wednesday in New York, a day before Brammertz is due to submit a report to the UN Security Council regarding Croatia`s co-operation with The Hague Tribunal.

Before meeting Brammertz, Croatian Prime Minister Sanader said they would discuss Croatia`s co-operation with the ICTY and the “requested documents which were the topic of Brammertz`s report”, i.e. the disputable Artillery Logs from the Croatian police and military liberation operation “Storm”.

I am positive that Serge Brammertz will say that Croatia is co-operating well, generally speaking, but he will insist on certain documents, i.e. the Artillery Logs from operation Storm.

Ivo Sanader

- Apart from the report which I have already seen, but cannot comment on it before the Security Council sitting, I am wondering whether there are any steps forwards in his views. This will be the main topic of our talk – the Croatian PM said.

After an hour-long conversation, the chief Hague prosecutor did not address reporters, while Sanader and Simonovic met with the president of the ICTY Patrick Robinson, who will also submit his report to the UN Security Council on Thursday.

- Brammertz`s report will not be favourable enough, but it will also not be too unfavourable for Croatia – a source close to the Croatian delegation told Hina Croatian news agency.

- I am positive that Serge Brammertz will say that Croatia is co-operating well, generally speaking, but he will insist on certain documents, i.e. the Artillery Logs from operation Storm – Premier Ivo Sanader said. He pointed out that Croatia has handed over all requested documents to the ICTY which have been found, however, “it cannot submit the documents which it does not have”, because they have been stolen or destroyed.