“Croatia could extradite gangster”

The Croatian assembly officials stated that the constitutional obstacles for extraditing Sretko Kalinic should be overcome by the end of the week. The Croatian assembly is a step away from adopting constitutional changes related to regional criminals that have found refuge in Croatia, said reports. “Croatia could extradite gangster” Croatia's parliamentary delegation is currently visiting Belgrade. Kalinic is a fugitive Djindjic assassination conspirator, who was shot and wounded last week in Zagreb. But despite the fact he was tried and convicted in Serbia in absentia, as a Croatian citizen, he currently cannot be extradited. “I hope that Croatia will adopt the constitutional changes this week in order to introduce a set of new elements to the Croatian Constitution. These changes include elements that will enable the extradition of Croatian citizens according to European arrest warrants, to EU member-states and also countries that we have bilateral extradition agreements with,” Deputy Speaker Neven Mimica Mimica said. “Our relations are improving not only at the highest level and between parliaments. We believe that the parliaments must be the motor for all-encompassing cooperation between the two countries,” his host Dragoljub Micunovic said. President of the Croatian Assembly for Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation, Milorad Pupovac, said that he hoped that there would be changes to the Croatian Constitution to improve the situation of the ethnic Serb community in Croatia in a hope that these improvements would echo in the relations between Serbia and Croatia. “We will improve the situation of Serbs in the election laws in order to allow them to get more than the three guaranteed seats in the assembly,” Pupovac said.

“Croatia could extradite gangster”

Croatia's parliamentary delegation is currently visiting Belgrade.

Kalinić is a fugitive Đinđić assassination conspirator, who was shot and wounded last week in Zagreb. But despite the fact he was tried and convicted in Serbia in absentia, as a Croatian citizen, he currently cannot be extradited.

“I hope that Croatia will adopt the constitutional changes this week in order to introduce a set of new elements to the Croatian Constitution. These changes include elements that will enable the extradition of Croatian citizens according to European arrest warrants, to EU member-states and also countries that we have bilateral extradition agreements with,” Deputy Speaker Neven Mimica Mimica said.

“Our relations are improving not only at the highest level and between parliaments. We believe that the parliaments must be the motor for all-encompassing cooperation between the two countries,” his host Dragoljub Mićunović said.

President of the Croatian Assembly for Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation, Milorad Pupovac, said that he hoped that there would be changes to the Croatian Constitution to improve the situation of the ethnic Serb community in Croatia in a hope that these improvements would echo in the relations between Serbia and Croatia.

“We will improve the situation of Serbs in the election laws in order to allow them to get more than the three guaranteed seats in the assembly,” Pupovac said.