China Friday calls upon the relevant parties to guarantee the basic right of the Serbian nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj, who has been on hunger strike for three weeks in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

"We have noticed the condition of Seselj and hopes all relevant parties would take measures to ensure his basic right," said Qin Gang, spokesman of Chinese Foreign Ministry.

Seselj, leader of the Serbia Radical Party, was indicted on crimes against humanity and war crimes. He went on hunger strike demanding a free choice for legal advisers, unrestricted spousal visits and an unconditional right to conduct his own defense.

China had advocated the tribunal would work in the independent, just and efficient way in accordance with the resolutions of the UN Security Council so as to improve the peace, stability and national reconciliation of the former Yugoslavia area, the spokesman said.

Source: Xinhua