Tudjman was expected to testify before the ICTY about the alleged the smuggling of arms to Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Tudjman told Dnveni Avaz that it was a know fact that during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia was letting through arms earmarked for the Croatian Defence Council and the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Karadzic obviously bases his thesis on the assumption that some of the arms were shipped to Srebrenica, Tudjman said in the interview adding that Karadzic claimed that Srebrenica was not a protected zone and that this was the reason why he issued his orders.

"I am confident Karadzic will not be able to prove anything. Srebrenica never posed a threat to Serbs, Serbs threatened the existence of Bosniaks," Tudjman told Dnevni Avaz.

Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who is on trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina before, has sent a letter to Croatia asking its government to clarify if Miroslav Tudjman would be freed from his obligation to maintain state secret during an interview with Karadzic's legal adviser.

In July the ICTY granted the motion submitted by Karadzic to have an interview with the former head of the Croatian intelligence services, Miroslav Tudjman, and the Hague-based tribunal ordered the Croatian government to ensure that Tudjman may respond to the invitation for an interview with Karadzic's legal adviser.

The Croatian government was requested to forward the summons to Miroslav Tudjman and take all necessary measures so as to ensure the appearance of the son of the first Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, at the interview with the defendant's legal advisor.

The said interview is expected to held on 26 August and Karadzic would be represented by his legal adviser Peter Robinson.