"Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia support and join the international community in its search for a permanent, peaceful and stable solution in south-east Europe," Croatia's Sanader told a joint news conference which the three premiers held after they ended a trilateral meeting of the U.S.-Adriatic Charter in Durres.
"Following my initiative, we have accepted a proposal that there will be no individual initiatives of Croatia, Albania or Macedonia aimed at the solving of the above-mentioned problems," Sanader told Croatian reporters.
Macedonia's Buckovski described 2006 as a very important year for the entire region.
"This year, solutions are being sought for the issues of Kosovo's status, Montenegro and Bosnia's constitution. Our three countries will continue promoting stability, peace, partnership and cooperation in the region," Buckovski said adding that "a regional component" would play a role in the campaign aimed at facilitating efforts of Skopje, Zagreb and Tirana to join NATO.
Albania's Berisha agreed that the strengthening of regional cooperation would be to the benefit of a better and safer future of the entire region.
In parallel with promoting an initiative he launched last year on the expansion of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) zone, Sanader presented today another proposal for the future role of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) whose chairmanship Croatia will took over from Greece this May.
"Croatia would like to see that SEECP in a way assumes the role of the Stability Pact which is going to be closed, according to its programme. It would be a pity to let some useful mechanisms, which the pact created, be over with the end of the Pact. That's why Croatia will be very active while chairing the SEECP," Sanader said.
Asked by reporters about his initiative to enlarge CEFTA, Sanader said that it was not contrary to a proposal of the European Commission on the establishment of a free trade zone for western Balkan states.
"This is upgrading. In addition to the current four CEFTA members, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia, why should we not expect Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia-Montenegro, Albania and Moldova to join us," the Croatian official said, adding that EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn supported the Croatian initiative.
With the trilateral meeting in Durres, Sanader wrapped up his two-day official visit to Albania.