STATEMENT OF THE ADVISORY BODIES OF THE CROWN

Regarding the information published in today’s issue of the newspaper “Politika”, on page 8, which states that Mr. Zivojin Lekic, recent assembly representative of the “Srpska Radikalna Stranka”, and now assembly representative of “Pokret Snaga Srbije”, is a direct descendant of the Supreme Leader of the First Serbian Uprising, Karadjordje Petrovic, The Advisory Bodies of The Crown announce that they know nothing about his alleged origins, and that evidence of this was not found in the existing historical literature and documentation.

Belgrade, 21 May 2005