Montenegrin premier says he refused to testify against Milosevic
TV Crna Gora - September 6, 2003

Text of report by Montenegrin TV on 6 September

Presenter: Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic today said that he would not testify during the trial of former Yugoslav and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic before the Hague tribunal. The Hague tribunal asked me to testify against Slobodan Milosevic but I refused, Djukanovic told TV Pink. Djukanovic said that he did not fall in the category of those Montenegrins who ran around outside Montenegro, rushing to offer any kind of evidence if they had it or, if not, to offer their sheer suspicions even if these suspicions were unfounded. I do not belong to such people; fortunately, I ended my battles with Milosevic successfully and he now has an opportunity to prove what he thinks he has to prove before the Hague tribunal but without my participation, Djukanovic said.

SOURCE: TV Crna Gora, Podgorica, in Serbian 1730 gmt 6 Sep 03

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