ZAGREB, Jan 27 (Hina) - The parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs on Monday endorsed the nomination of 15 ambassadors, consuls-general and heads of Croatia's missions abroad.
ZAGREB, Jan 27 (Hina) - The parliamentary Committee on Foreign
Affairs on Monday endorsed the nomination of 15 ambassadors,
consuls-general and heads of Croatia's missions abroad. #L#
Foreign Minister Tonino Picula explained the nominations and the
Committee supported them unanimously.
Of the 15 candidates, 11 are career diplomats, two are
parliamentary deputies and two university professors. Nine
candidates are not members of any party, two are members of the
Croatian People's Party, and one each is a member of the Social
Democrats, Social-Liberals and the Liberal Party.
Gordan Markotic will be appointed ambassador at Croatia's
permanent mission at the UN and WTO in Geneva, the incumbent Deputy
Foreign Minister, Vesna Cvjetkovic Kurelec, will be appointed
ambassador to Germany, while Nebojsa Kovacevic will be appointed
ambassador to Poland. Dino Debeljuh, Marijan Andrasevic, Nenad
Prelog, Zelimir Brala, Filip Vucak and Ivan DelVecchio will be
appointed ambassadors to India, Finland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain
and Israel respectively. Sanja Bujas Juraga, Mario Livaja,
Goroslav Keller, Nenad Hoebel, Petar Uzorinac and Zarko Plevnik
will be appointed consuls-general to Los Angeles, Missiauga,
Sidney, Zurich, Frankfurt and Hamburg respectively.
Ambassadors to Iran and Russia and the mission at the UN in New York
have not been nominated yet.
Committee chairman Zdravko Tomac announced new committee sessions,
which are to focus on the situation Croatia could find itself in the
event of a war in Iraq and Croatia's candidacy for membership in the
European Union.
Tomac said the process of lobbying for membership in the EU was
proceeding well and the committee would join in the bids.
According to unofficial sources, President Stjepan Mesic has
refused to confirm the appointment of Toni Glowatzky as consul-
general to Zurich without an explanation.
The President's Office did not want to comment on the claims.
According to unofficial sources, Mesic refused to confirm the
nomination in line with his constitutional powers relating to
foreign relations.
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