In an article which will be published Wednesday, Le Monde said that the problems of the Balkans were the negotiations on the final status of Kosovo that are to be launched soon, the issue of Bosnia-Herzegovina and an uncertain fate of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro.
"It would no longer be important how many countries there would be in the region in the future once they start respecting European standards and values and once united Europe becomes an area without borders," Sanader said stressing that he was confident that politicians in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo were reasonable.
"The state union of Serbia and Montenegro is our neighbour and we want to normalise our relations with that country," the Croatian PM said.
Le Monde said Sanader visited Belgrade last year and added that this was the first visit of a Croatian prime minister to that country after the war. Sanader was received by his Serbian counterpart Vojislav Kostunica who is expected to visit Zagreb in the near future.
Commenting on the return of refugees, Sanader said: "Those who wanted to return have done so". "Zagreb, Belgrade and Sarajevo continue to invest efforts so as to complete the return process by the end of 2006," Sanader said.
Sanader said he advocated the "emancipation" of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Le Mode wrote.
Commenting on the search for runaway ICTY indictee Ante Gotovina, Sanader said his cabinet was doing all that it could to break up secret networks aiding and abetting the fugitive general. He reiterated that Gotovina was not in Croatia.