CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT WITH COLLEGE OF EUROPE'S DEAN

ZAGREB, Feb 25 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul and the dean of the College of Europe, Paul Demaret, signed a letter of intent regarding cooperation between the Croatian government and the college in Belgium's Brugges on Wednesday.#L# In accordance with the document, the Croatian government will examine all the possibilities for Croatian students to participate in the programmes of the College of Europe and establish a special joint committee which will conduct the selection of candidates. Over the next three months, competent bodies will have to define the ways of organising the classes of the College of Europe in Croatia. The College for now is organising only summer courses in Dubrovnik in cooperation with the Croatian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy. The letter of intent was signed after Croatia's request for membership of the European Union, the statement said. Based on the document Croatia will become a member of the college's steering committee. Minister Zuzul held a lecture to students of the College of Europe about Croatia's drawing closer to the EU. (Hina) it sb