Source: Tanjug
CAIRO -- Serbian President Boris Tadić met in Cairo this morning with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak.
Tadić received assurances on Wednesday from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that his country would remain firm in its resolve not to recognize the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo.
Tadić and Mubarak agreed that all global problems should be resolved within the United Nations.
The two presidents focused on a series of issues of interest to both countries, including bilateral and, especially economic and trade cooperation, as well as the issue of Kosovo and Metohija.
Tadić presented the idea that Belgrade hosts the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in 2011 on the 50th anniversary of the foundation of this movement.
Mubarak described the idea as interesting to Egypt and said it would officially be presented at the next Non-Alligned Movement conference, to be held in Egypt's resort Sharm El-Sheikh in June.
The two presidents also discussed the challenges of the global financial crisis, as well as the expansion of economic cooperation between Serbia and Egypt for which, both sides concluded, there exist great possibilities.
In that context, Tadić initiated the signing of a free trade agreement between Serbia and Egypt.
The Egyptian president welcomed his Serbian counterpart this morning outside the Presidential Palace in Cairo with full state honors.
Tadić began the two-day official visit to Egypt this morning with a visit to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where he laid a wreath at the grave of former Egyptian President Anwar el Sadat.
Tadić will also be meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and the secretary-general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, the president's press bureau announced earlier.
Alongside Tadić in the Serbian delegation are Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and Trade and Services Minister Slobodan Milosavljević.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Daily: UNMIK delivers "yellow house" evidence to Serbia
Source: Politika
BELGRADE -- Organs harvested from abducted Serbs in the “yellow house“ were sold in Turkey, writes daily Politika, quoting UNMIK’s report to the Serbian prosecution.
The report submitted to the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution, alongside copious evidence in the “yellow house“ case, also contains the names of six suspects as well as the names of the victims, writes the daily.
The report, classified as “strictly confidential“, also includes important information that could prove invaluable in the organ harvesting investigation.
Hudreds of Kosovo Serbs are believed to have been kidnapped by the province's Albanians in 1999, and taken to northern Albania, where their vital organs were removed before they were killed.
By all appearances, the daily said, the report could act as the basis for the EULEX mission’s judicial organs to launch legal proceedings over the matter.
Head of the EULEX Justice Component Alberto Perduca has yet to state whether the mission will be launching an investigation into the alleged crimes.
“War crimes come under the jurisdiction of EULEX and the Office of the Special Prosecutor. Whenever there are grounds for launching an investigation, EULEX prosecutors will do so,“ Perduca told Radio Free Europe, adding that all case-files were in the hands of prosecutors and that every investigation was confidential.
An UNMIK official said that the Serbian Prosecution had been informed that any inquiry into human organ harvesting in Albania would be under EULEX’s remit.
Asked whether the issue had been a theme of discussion at a recent meeting of EULEX and Serbian prosecutors, Perduca said that prosecutors had addressed this issue pertaining to the gravest crimes seriously and that it was “under their jurisdiction.“
The Council of Europe (CoE) has named Dick Marty as its special envoy in the case.
Marty, a member of the CoE’s Parliamentary Assembly and Human Rights Commission, is expected to visit the region soon.
BELGRADE -- Organs harvested from abducted Serbs in the “yellow house“ were sold in Turkey, writes daily Politika, quoting UNMIK’s report to the Serbian prosecution.
The report submitted to the Serbian War Crimes Prosecution, alongside copious evidence in the “yellow house“ case, also contains the names of six suspects as well as the names of the victims, writes the daily.
The report, classified as “strictly confidential“, also includes important information that could prove invaluable in the organ harvesting investigation.
Hudreds of Kosovo Serbs are believed to have been kidnapped by the province's Albanians in 1999, and taken to northern Albania, where their vital organs were removed before they were killed.
By all appearances, the daily said, the report could act as the basis for the EULEX mission’s judicial organs to launch legal proceedings over the matter.
Head of the EULEX Justice Component Alberto Perduca has yet to state whether the mission will be launching an investigation into the alleged crimes.
“War crimes come under the jurisdiction of EULEX and the Office of the Special Prosecutor. Whenever there are grounds for launching an investigation, EULEX prosecutors will do so,“ Perduca told Radio Free Europe, adding that all case-files were in the hands of prosecutors and that every investigation was confidential.
An UNMIK official said that the Serbian Prosecution had been informed that any inquiry into human organ harvesting in Albania would be under EULEX’s remit.
Asked whether the issue had been a theme of discussion at a recent meeting of EULEX and Serbian prosecutors, Perduca said that prosecutors had addressed this issue pertaining to the gravest crimes seriously and that it was “under their jurisdiction.“
The Council of Europe (CoE) has named Dick Marty as its special envoy in the case.
Marty, a member of the CoE’s Parliamentary Assembly and Human Rights Commission, is expected to visit the region soon.
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