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ICTY Weekly Press Briefing
Date: 25 October 2000
Time: 11:15 a.m. 

As most of you will have seen, the Prosecution’s cross-examination of General Radislav Krstic began earlier this morning in the Krstic trial. My understanding is that this is likely to continue for the remainder of this week.

In addition, there will be a pre-trial conference in the Krnojelac case tomorrow at 1400 hours in Courtroom II. You should all have the pre-trial briefs for that case, which I handed out last week - if any of you do not, you can pick up copies from my office after this.

Finally, you can collect the latest Status of Ongoing Cases Factsheet from us after this briefing.

Florence Hartmann, Spokesperson for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) made no statement.

• Asked for information on the Prosecutor’s and Deputy Prosecutor’s visit to Greece and Cyprus, Hartmann replied that the Prosecutor was satisfied with the visit and the will of Greece and Cyprus to cooperate with the Tribunal.

• Asked whether there were any movements for change in the relations between the OTP and Belgrade regarding the opening of OTP offices in Belgrade, Hartmann replied that the OTP was waiting for a reply to the Prosecutor’s letter requesting a meeting with President Kostunica. She added that there was no dialogue at the moment. She concluded by saying that the OTP was encouraged by the statement by President Kostunica concerning the possibility of opening an OTP office in Belgrade. This was a positive sign and the OTP was waiting for the first opportunity to arrange a meeting with the President.

• Asked whether there was any indication when this would take place, Hartmann replied that there was not.

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