ZAGREB, March 3 (Hina) - President Stjepan Mesic on Tuesday received the U.S. under secretary for global affairs, Paula Dobriansky, Mesic's Office said in a statement on Wednesday.
ZAGREB, March 3 (Hina) - President Stjepan Mesic on Tuesday received
the U.S. under secretary for global affairs, Paula Dobriansky, Mesic's
Office said in a statement on Wednesday.#L#
Mesic told Dobriansky Croatia had definitely opted for the European
model, including the harmonisation of legislation and the economy as
well as the protection of minorities.
The U.S. official welcomed the reforms Croatia has undertaken on the
road to the European Union, and stressed the importance of the return
and reintegration of the displaced. Mesic said Croatia would finish
the reconstruction of houses destroyed in last decade's war, and
stressed the need for effective mechanisms stimulating economic
development in formerly war-struck areas.
The two officials exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan and
Iraq, with Dobriansky saying progress in Afghanistan was evident. They
said as many states as possible should be engaged in helping those two
countries.
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