Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte greeted the general at his appearance

The indictment charges him with one count of murder and alleges that General Halilovic did not do enough to prevent these killings or carry out a proper investigation.

But his lawyer claims there is proof that his client did order an investigation into the Grabovica massacre.

The recent indictments against Muslim army officers have been welcomed by Bosnian Serb leaders who say the tribunal is now applying the same criteria to all war-crime suspects regardless of their nationality.

Officials in the Bosnian Croat Federation are urging the Bosnian Serb Republic - the other entity that makes up post-war Bosnia - to start co-operating with the tribunal.

They have called for the arrest of the two most wanted suspects, the Bosnian Serb wartime leader, Radovan Karadzic, and his military commander, Ratko Mladic.