Croat FM: Laws prevent us from solving issues

Croat FM Vesna Pusic believes Serbia and Croatia should examine problematic laws on war crimes prosecution as they are impeding them from solving the problem. "One of the obstacles is the Serbian law which extends the jurisdiction of the Serbian judiciary beyond Serbia's borders, which is problematic in my opinion," she told Belgrade-based daily Blic. Croat FM: Laws prevent us from solving issues "On the other hand, we have the Croatian law which does not recognize Serbian indictments, which is also problematic. Both are making it more difficult to solve the problem," Pusic added. “If we are able to make more rational decisions when it comes to these laws, they we have a chance at solving, or at least beginning to solve problems,” the Croat FM was quoted as saying. Asked if Croatia would really withdraw its genocide lawsuit against Serbia, Pusic said it was "important to at least try to find a solution, and worst case scenario, if we fail, we will be in the same place we are in right now." "Above all, we need to solve the issues of missing persons, stolen property and war crimes. If we manage to do this with the help of interstate agreements, we will have made a step forward. This is not a process which can be resolved immediately. If we solve this, we can talk about withdrawing the suits," she concluded. Vesna Pusic (Beta) Blic Tanjug

Croat FM: Laws prevent us from solving issues

"On the other hand, we have the Croatian law which does not recognize Serbian indictments, which is also problematic. Both are making it more difficult to solve the problem," Pusić added.

“If we are able to make more rational decisions when it comes to these laws, they we have a chance at solving, or at least beginning to solve problems,” the Croat FM was quoted as saying.

Asked if Croatia would really withdraw its genocide lawsuit against Serbia, Pusić said it was "important to at least try to find a solution, and worst case scenario, if we fail, we will be in the same place we are in right now."

"Above all, we need to solve the issues of missing persons, stolen property and war crimes. If we manage to do this with the help of interstate agreements, we will have made a step forward. This is not a process which can be resolved immediately. If we solve this, we can talk about withdrawing the suits," she concluded.