It (the law) will put an end on cooperation, no matter what others think about that," Bajic told reporters in the national parliament after Thursday's special parliamentary session on the occasion of Independence Day.

"Damage is big, we need to talk and not set up barriers," Bajic said.

He warned that Croatia had not resolved similar problems with other countries.

"What about war criminals, what about indictments in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Why does no one talk about that?" Bajic said adding that many more indictments of that kind could be expected in Bosnia.

As for the cooperation between DORH and Serbia's war crimes prosecutorial authorities, Bajic said that their relations had been improving since 2004 thanks to mutual respect and cooperation and efforts to harmonise legal standards.

"In similar vein, in 2006 we signed agreements which are producing excellent results. For instance, Croatia referred 29 cases covering 53 persons to Serbia in line with those agreements. The Serbians have so far issued 20 indictments, Serbian courts have handed down 20 verdicts, eight of which are final," Bajic said.

According to Bajic, from July 2010 to February 2011, representatives of the two countries' justice ministries held several working meetings and set up a task force for the exchange of data.

At one of those meetings in February, it was agreed that cases of former JNA military courts should be delivered to Croatia to deal with them, he added.

Both sides have had an insight in those cases and expressed some reservations if those charges were founded or not, he added.

As part of this cooperation, the indictment against 44 Croatians, including several former and current senior office-holders, was forwarded to the Croatian Justice Ministry, Bajic said, adding that he did not know when exactly the documentation pertaining to that latest case was delivered to Zagreb.

Bajic said that according to procedure it was DORH that should have had a final say on the matter.