CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER INFORMS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OF GOVT.'S PROGRAM

ZAGREB/BRUSSELS, Jan 22(Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul on Thursday informed the European Parliament about the part of his government's program regarding the fulfilment of political and other criteria for gaining EU candidate status, Croatian Radio and Television (HRT) reported.#L# The new government has already established the model of cooperation with the Hague tribunal's Office of the Prosecutor, Zuzul told members of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, confirming that Croatia was ready for unreserved cooperation with the tribunal, the same source said. Asked about the completion of the ratification of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between Croatia and the European Union, Zuzul said that next week he would visit London, where he would discuss reasons for the delay in the ratification of the SAA by the British parliament. Members of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee are preparing a report on Croatia's progress on the road to the EU and will make it public in the spring, Committee chairman Elmar Brok said. He added that he was confident that the report would be positive for Croatia, the HRT reported. (Hina) rml sb