Post by radovic on Jun 17, 2008 10:23:45 GMT -5
Montenegro PM 'to Testify in War Crimes Trial'
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Milo Djukanovic17 June 2008 Podgorica _ Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic will soon be called as a witness in a trial for 1992 war crimes against Bosniaks, a local daily reports.
Djukanovic, who was also Montenegro’s Prime Minister back in 1992, will be joined by his Democratic Party of Socialists’ deputy leader Svetozar Marovic before the High Court in the capital Podgorica, daily Vijesti has learned.
Five Montenegrins have been indicted for the forced deportation of Bosniaks (Muslims) from Montenegro’s coastal town of Herceg Novi to the wartime Bosnian Serb republic in May 1992, just after the 1992-1995 war started in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The trial has so far heard several testimonies including one by former Montenegro’s President Momir Bulatovic last year.
The investigative Judge Radomir Ivanovic told the daily that both Djukanovic and Marovic had been served the call and that both would appear before the court.
The dates for their testimonies have not yet been set.
The indictment said that a number of Bosniaks were detained in Herceg Novi and deported to Bosnia. They were apparently killed afterwards but their bodies have never been found.
In May, the trial heard a retired police officer testify that the then Interior Minister Pavle Bulatovic ordered the detention of “all the Muslims from the Montenegro’s territory” and their deportation over the border.
Pavle Bulatovic was assassinated in a Belgrade restaurant in February 2000 while serving as Defence Minister for the then rump Yugoslavia consisting of Serbia and Montenegro.
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Milo Djukanovic17 June 2008 Podgorica _ Montenegro’s Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic will soon be called as a witness in a trial for 1992 war crimes against Bosniaks, a local daily reports.
Djukanovic, who was also Montenegro’s Prime Minister back in 1992, will be joined by his Democratic Party of Socialists’ deputy leader Svetozar Marovic before the High Court in the capital Podgorica, daily Vijesti has learned.
Five Montenegrins have been indicted for the forced deportation of Bosniaks (Muslims) from Montenegro’s coastal town of Herceg Novi to the wartime Bosnian Serb republic in May 1992, just after the 1992-1995 war started in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The trial has so far heard several testimonies including one by former Montenegro’s President Momir Bulatovic last year.
The investigative Judge Radomir Ivanovic told the daily that both Djukanovic and Marovic had been served the call and that both would appear before the court.
The dates for their testimonies have not yet been set.
The indictment said that a number of Bosniaks were detained in Herceg Novi and deported to Bosnia. They were apparently killed afterwards but their bodies have never been found.
In May, the trial heard a retired police officer testify that the then Interior Minister Pavle Bulatovic ordered the detention of “all the Muslims from the Montenegro’s territory” and their deportation over the border.
Pavle Bulatovic was assassinated in a Belgrade restaurant in February 2000 while serving as Defence Minister for the then rump Yugoslavia consisting of Serbia and Montenegro.