Hague official chimes in on Filaret issue

Hague spokesperson Olga Kavran refused to confirm whether the Hague had received a letter regarding Bishop Filaret.

Izvor: Tanjug

Tuesday, 04.09.2007.

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Hague spokesperson Olga Kavran refused to confirm whether the Hague had received a letter regarding Bishop Filaret. Kavran stated that Filaret is not on any Hague lists, but rather on a European Union list of people linked with Hague fugitives. Hague official chimes in on Filaret issue She said that on that list, there were 41 people, including Filaret, who were not allowed to enter EU countries because “they are helping to harbor Hague indictees or are in some other way interfering with the work of the Tribunal.” Kavran repeated that the Tribunal supported the Montenegrin government’s decision to prohibit Filaret from entering the country, because in so doing, Podgorica is, “getting closer to the principles of law, and respecting the recommendations of the EU Council.” She added that Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia needed to take those recommendations seriously as well. “I think that from Bishop Filaret’s statement you can see his stance towards the Hague fugitives, because it is very clear that he has been saying for some time that he would help Hague fugitives because that was his obligation,” Kavran said. She said that Serbia should be investigating Filaret’s involvement because “he could be helping Hague fugitives and preventing the court from completing its mandate.” The Serbian Orthodox Church has asked Serbian and Montenegrin government officials, along with the Tribunal, to “take the necessary steps in order to solve the case, and protect Filaret from violence and injustice.” The request has also been sent to Russian Patriarch Aleksei II and Pope Benedict XVI. Filaret has been on a hunger strike for eight days at the Serbian-Montenegrin border after being denied entry into Montenegro for a service in one of the churches.

Hague official chimes in on Filaret issue

She said that on that list, there were 41 people, including Filaret, who were not allowed to enter EU countries because “they are helping to harbor Hague indictees or are in some other way interfering with the work of the Tribunal.”

Kavran repeated that the Tribunal supported the Montenegrin government’s decision to prohibit Filaret from entering the country, because in so doing, Podgorica is, “getting closer to the principles of law, and respecting the recommendations of the EU Council.”

She added that Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia needed to take those recommendations seriously as well.

“I think that from Bishop Filaret’s statement you can see his stance towards the Hague fugitives, because it is very clear that he has been saying for some time that he would help Hague fugitives because that was his obligation,” Kavran said.

She said that Serbia should be investigating Filaret’s involvement because “he could be helping Hague fugitives and preventing the court from completing its mandate.”

The Serbian Orthodox Church has asked Serbian and Montenegrin government officials, along with the Tribunal, to “take the necessary steps in order to solve the case, and protect Filaret from violence and injustice.”

The request has also been sent to Russian Patriarch Aleksei II and Pope Benedict XVI.

Filaret has been on a hunger strike for eight days at the Serbian-Montenegrin border after being denied entry into Montenegro for a service in one of the churches.

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