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FM confirms he got Milosevic's letter on health concerns

(13 Mar 2006) SHOTLIST 1. Lavrov entering the news briefing 3. Cutaway of reporters 4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister: "The letter (from Milosevic's lawyer) is addressed not to me personally, but to the Foreign Ministry. It expresses concern that, in his (Milosevic's) opinion, some of the medical methods applied to him (Milosevic) by doctors of the international tribunal on the former Yugoslavia were negatively affecting his health, and he was asking in this letter to raise before the tribunal the question of the Russian Federation's readiness to accept Slobodan Milosevic for treatment in Russia." 5. Cutaway of reporters 6. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister: "These guarantees (for Milosevic's return to The Hague if he had travelled to Moscow for treatment) were reviewed at a special session of the tribunal, which deemed them insufficient. In fact, they didn't believe Russia. We cannot but be concerned over this fact, we cannot but be alarmed that soon after that Milosevic passed away. An autopsy is being carried out over there, and we, in a situation when we were not trusted, have the right not to trust and not to believe those conducting the autopsy." 7. Lavrov leaving the news briefing STORYLINE The Russian government says that it doesn't fully trust Milosevic's autopsy and wants to send doctors to examine the body. At a news briefing on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said "an autopsy is being carried out over there, and we, in a situation when we were not trusted, have the right not to trust and not to believe those conducting the autopsy." Lavrov said that Russia had been disturbed by the United Nations (UN) war crime tribunal's refusal to let Milosevic undergo treatment in Russia. He said that the "guarantees (for Milosevic's return to The Hague if he had travelled to Moscow for treatment) were reviewed at a special session of the tribunal, which deemed them insufficient. In fact, they didn't believe Russia. We cannot but be concerned over this fact, we cannot but be alarmed that soon after that Milosevic passed away." Zdenko Tomanovic, Milosevic's lawyer, said on Sunday that the former president had feared he was being poisoned. He sent a six-page letter to the Russian embassy which he said Milosevic wrote on Friday, the day before his death, claiming that traces of a "heavy drug" were found in his blood. Lavrov confirmed getting a letter from Milosevic dated March 8 in which he complained about inadequate treatment in jail and asked Moscow to push the tribunal to let him undergo treatment in Russia. He said the letter arrived in Moscow on Sunday. UN war crimes tribunal spokeswoman Alexandra Milenov said on Sunday that an autopsy revealed Milosevic had died of a heart attack, and that he had been suffering from two heart conditions. She did not name the conditions, but said the doctors determined they might have caused the heart attack. A Dutch toxicologist confirmed on Monday that he found traces of an unprescribed drug in a blood sample taken from Slobodan Milosevic earlier this year. Donald Uges said he was asked to inspect the sample after Milosevic's blood pressure failed to respond to medication given by doctors at the UN detention centre near The Hague, where he was being held during his war crimes trial. Uges said he found traces of rifampicin, a drug that could have reduced the effectiveness of his other medications. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...