Montenegro's ex-SCG officials willing to testify

Former Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) Svetozar Marović has reacted to the so-called Satellite Affair.

Izvor: Tanjug

Tuesday, 25.05.2010.

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Former Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) Svetozar Marovic has reacted to the so-called Satellite Affair. He said that those who agreed to arbitration hold the answers to the satellite case and that he is willing to come to Belgrade and testify in an atmosphere where "the innocent will not be declared guilty and the guilty will not be protected". Montenegro's ex-SCG officials willing to testify Marovic, who is now the Montenegrin deputy prime minister, told the Tuesday edition of the daily Blic that the Supreme Defense Council (VSO) never agreed to the satellite lease contract with the Israelis and that the Council of Minister is not responsible either. The Israeli company sued Serbia before the Paris International Court of Arbitration for its failure to meet the obligations posed in the lease of the spy satellite intended for the surveillance of the administrative line with Kosovo and Metohija. The court ordered Serbia to pay EUR 37mn in damages to the Israelis. Serbia has exhausted all legal remedies since it also lost its case before a court in London where it disputed the jurisdiction of the Paris arbitration court. Now it will try to negotiate favorable repayment terms. VSO was informed on more than one occasion about the Defense Ministry's activities related to getting SCG involved in satellite monitoring. A satellite lease contract never came before the VSO or the Council of Ministers, simply because no draft contract was ever delivered to the institutions of the former state union, Marovic said. Asked to comment on Serbian President Boris Tadic's statement that the Council of Ministers is responsible for signing the contract, Marovic stressed that the Council never received any draft contract. "The Council of Ministers did not discuss such a contract at any of its sessions. The Council of Ministers never decided that the contract should be signed and thus could not have signed it. It did not not sign it. This is the only truth," Marovic said.

Montenegro's ex-SCG officials willing to testify

Marović, who is now the Montenegrin deputy prime minister, told the Tuesday edition of the daily Blic that the Supreme Defense Council (VSO) never agreed to the satellite lease contract with the Israelis and that the Council of Minister is not responsible either.

The Israeli company sued Serbia before the Paris International Court of Arbitration for its failure to meet the obligations posed in the lease of the spy satellite intended for the surveillance of the administrative line with Kosovo and Metohija. The court ordered Serbia to pay EUR 37mn in damages to the Israelis.

Serbia has exhausted all legal remedies since it also lost its case before a court in London where it disputed the jurisdiction of the Paris arbitration court. Now it will try to negotiate favorable repayment terms.

VSO was informed on more than one occasion about the Defense Ministry's activities related to getting SCG involved in satellite monitoring. A satellite lease contract never came before the VSO or the Council of Ministers, simply because no draft contract was ever delivered to the institutions of the former state union, Marović said.

Asked to comment on Serbian President Boris Tadić's statement that the Council of Ministers is responsible for signing the contract, Marović stressed that the Council never received any draft contract.

"The Council of Ministers did not discuss such a contract at any of its sessions. The Council of Ministers never decided that the contract should be signed and thus could not have signed it. It did not not sign it. This is the only truth," Marović said.

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