Retired Serbian General: Yes, war crimes have been committed in Kosovo I was willing with rockets to prevent Milosevic's extradition

Retired Serbian General Nebojsa Pavkovic, sentenced to 22 years in prison for war crimes in Kosovo, has given an interview from prison in Finland, where he is behind the trial by The Hague Tribunal.

In this interview of “Balkan Info”, he has spoken of many events at the time he was a war commander in Kosovo and chief of the Serbian Army General Staff.

Pavkovic, who has been one of Slobodan Milosevic's leading men during developments in Kosovo, is still loyal to him.

For crimes against humanity (deportation, violent deportation, murder and prosecution), killing Albanians during the war in 1999, in February 2009 he has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Behind the shutters is 14 years old.

During the interview, he has not disputed war crimes in Kosovo, while he has confirmed that he himself has prosecuted all crimes for which he has had knowledge.

Speaking about Slobodan Milosevic's arrest in 2001, he has indicated that he had told then-President Vojislav Kostunica”rejected our missile warrant we will stop his extradition to The Hague”, but Kostunica, according to him, after that did not appear.

In the seven-hour long interview, Pavkovic also spoke about contacts he had with Ramush Haradinaj in The Hague prison.