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Handing over Milosevic to The Hague opposed
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HANDING over former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the international tribunal in The Hague will mean the Balkan country admits the validity of NATO's bombing in 1999, Bulgarian professor Velko Vikanov said on Monday.
Vikanov, president of the International Committee for Safeguarding Milosevic (ICSM), said Milosevic's case was not the one that concerns Yugoslavia only, and the Yugoslav Government and people should not bow to NATO's pressure to extradite Milosevic to The Hague.
Accepting the justification of NATO's bombing against Yugoslavia would mean admitting NATO was empowered to launch air attacks against any other country, the professor said, adding the Yugoslav Government will not be able to get the money they want by handing over Milosevic to The Hague and that by doing this it would only hurt the national dignity.
Also on Monday, the Belgrade District Court said that it has finished the criminal investigation against Milosevic and sent the report to the Belgrade district prosecutor.
It is now up to the prosecutor to decide whether to bring a charge against the former president, according to an announcement by the local court.
Milosevic was arrested on April 1 on suspicion of corruption and abuse of power during his 13 years in power.
The Belgrade District Court ruled on April 30 that Milosevic's one-month detention will be extended for another two months.(SD-Agencies)
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