BELGRADE, May 6 (Hina) - The President of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro, Svetozar Marovic, on Thursday signed a law ratifying an agreement with Croatia on the readmission of persons whose entry or presence on the territory of
either country is illegal, the Office of the President said in a statement. The law was endorsed by the country's Assembly on Wednesday.
BELGRADE, May 6 (Hina) - The President of the Union of Serbia and
Montenegro, Svetozar Marovic, on Thursday signed a law ratifying an
agreement with Croatia on the readmission of persons whose entry or
presence on the territory of either country is illegal, the Office of
the President said in a statement. The law was endorsed by the
country's Assembly on Wednesday.#L#
Ratification of the readmission agreement was one of the topics
discussed at a meeting in Belgrade last week by Croatian Foreign
Ministry State Secretary Hido Biscevic and the newly-appointed Foreign
Minister of Serbia and Montenegro, Vuk Draskovic.
Biscevic told Croatian reporters after the talks that he had called
for the agreement to be ratified by Serbia and Montenegro as soon as
possible in view of a growing number of citizens illegally crossing
the Croatian border after Croatia decided to suspend visa requirements
for citizens of Serbia and Montenegro. Croatia has ratified the
agreement before.
The agreement will make it possible for persons who have illegally
crossed the border to be returned to the country from which they
entered, regardless of whose nationals they are.
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