Wednesday, 2. April 2003

Serb chair of Bosnia presidency resigns over arms-to-Iraq scandal


The Serb chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency Mirko Sarovic has resigned after being implicated in an arms-to-Iraq scandal and a spying affair, Bosnian Serb parliamentary speaker Dragan Kalinic said.

A report by Western intelligence services links Sarovic with secret arms sales by the Serb military aviation company Orao to Iraq while he was president of the Serb part of the country, known as Republika Srpska.

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