Ex-U.S. envoy: No ethnic cleansing in Croatia

Former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith said that former Croatian president Franjo Tuđman allowed a crime to happen during the 1995 Operation Storm.

Izvor: Tanjug

Tuesday, 19.04.2011.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith said that former Croatian president Franjo Tudjman allowed a crime to happen during the 1995 Operation Storm. Appearing on the Croatian state television, he reiterated his position that there was no ethnic cleansing in operation Storm, Hina agency reported. Ex-U.S. envoy: No ethnic cleansing in Croatia "In my opinion, this was not ethnic cleansing, because that means an army expelling people from a territory," said he. "In this case, the people ran away, and maybe they were justified, but in any case they left the territory before the arrival of the Croatian armed forces," Galbraith said, asked about the conclusion of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that ethnic cleansing happened during operation Storm. Galbraith assessed that the Hague judgment "had a slightly different meaning and that they relied on meetings", particularly the one held on the Brioni Islands, to ascertain intention existed to drive out the Serb population. Last week, the Hague Tribunal found former Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac guilty of involvement in a joint criminal enterprise whose aim - during and after Operation Storm in August 1995 - was to forcefully and permanently remove the Serb population from Croatia.

Ex-U.S. envoy: No ethnic cleansing in Croatia

"In my opinion, this was not ethnic cleansing, because that means an army expelling people from a territory," said he.

"In this case, the people ran away, and maybe they were justified, but in any case they left the territory before the arrival of the Croatian armed forces," Galbraith said, asked about the conclusion of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that ethnic cleansing happened during operation Storm.

Galbraith assessed that the Hague judgment "had a slightly different meaning and that they relied on meetings", particularly the one held on the Brioni Islands, to ascertain intention existed to drive out the Serb population.

Last week, the Hague Tribunal found former Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač guilty of involvement in a joint criminal enterprise whose aim - during and after Operation Storm in August 1995 - was to forcefully and permanently remove the Serb population from Croatia.

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