Bosnian Presidency's Muslim member to testify against Milosevic
SRNA - November 30, 2003

Sarajevo - Sulejman Tihic, a member of the Presidency of Bosnia-Hercegovina, will leave for The Hague today where he is due to testify against former Serbian and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on 2 December, Sarajevo papers report today.

Citing Tihic's office, Dnevni avaz Sarajevo-based Muslim daily said that Tihic was expected to meet the chief prosecutor of the Hague tribunal, Carla Del Ponte, and her deputy Graham Blewitt.

Tihic also plans to visit Naser Oric, Srebrenica wartime commander indicted for war crimes, in the detention unit of the Hague tribunal.

SOURCE: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 0951 gmt 30 Nov 03

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