BELGRADE, Feb. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Serbia-Montenegro will try to challenge the alleged genocide in the Bosnian war as the lawsuit starts on Monday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

    The court proceedings will start with plaintiff's arguments after 13 years of procedural wrangling.

    At the request of the wartime Bosnian presidency headed by Alija Izetbegovic, the lawsuit was written and filed to the UN court on March 20, 1993 by the U.S. Law Professor Francis Boyle.

    "Serbia-Montenegro should choose between paying to Bosnia-Herzegovina one hundred billion U.S. dollars of compensation for war damage and suspension of the (Bosnian) Republic of Srpska," Boyle told Bosnian media.

    Serbia-Montenegro, which has called for diplomatic agreement instead of court proceedings, will initiate once again a procedural question of the competence of the UN court.

    It has argued that when the lawsuit was filed, its predecessor Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was neither a member of the United Nations, nor a signatory to the international convention on genocide.

    The hearing at the UN court is due to run until May 9. The ruling is expected by the end of the year. Enditem