Berlin - The Yugoslav President, Mr Vojislav Kostunica, said yesterday sorting out difficult ties with Montenegro was a far more pressing task than prosecuting his predecessor, Mr Slobodan Milosevic.
Mr Kostunica told German radio that the legal and institutional framework was not yet in place for the former leader and his associates to be tried on corruption charges.
His comments come just as other leaders in Serbia's disparate pro-democracy movement, who triumphed in a parliamentary election at the weekend, have been talking increasingly of Mr Milosevic going on trial soon.