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EU pressure on the Balkan countries is "extremely important" for the work of The Hague tribunal, says Carla del Ponte (Photo: European Commission)

Turn-in of war crimes suspect not a condition for Zagreb EU bid

Carla del Ponte has admitted she is not expecting the actual transfer of a top fugitive indictee to The Hague as a precondition for a positive report on Croatia, needed to trigger the country’s EU talks.

Speaking to the EUobserver on Wednesday (8 September), the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said she was waiting for "one more extra step" on the part of the Croat authorities, suggesting she hoped for a breakthrough in the comin...

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EU pressure on the Balkan countries is "extremely important" for the work of The Hague tribunal, says Carla del Ponte (Photo: European Commission)

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