Full Cooperation With U.N. Tribunal Pledged

Yugoslavia has agreed, under U.S. pressure, on full cooperation with the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, and transfers of suspects to the court should follow, Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic said.

“We [made] a unanimous decision that, as a member of the U.N., we are obliged to fully cooperate with the ICTY [International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia] and have asked all state bodies to fully cooperate,” Svilanovic said.

Yugoslavia failed to hand over indictees to the Hague tribunal before a March 31 U.S. deadline, triggering a freeze in aid from Washington worth about $40 million.