CROATIAN PRESIDENT'S ADVISOR ADMITS HIS MISTAKES IN IRONWORKS CASE

ZAGREB, Feb 11 (Hina) - The Croatian president's advisor on economy, Dubravko Radosevic, has said that it was his own omission due to which President Stjepan Mesic did not know that he was signing "The Protocol on The Sale of the Sisak Ironworks", and therefore Radosevic has offered his resignation. #L# According to a statement which Radosevic issued on Tuesday, the head of state said the truth claiming that he had not signed any protocol on the sale of the Sisak iron plant, as he was convinced that he had signed only notes on talks he held with representatives of the Russian "Mechel" company and on "his support in principle to one project." Radosevic confirmed that notes were compiled at the said meeting, and they were named "the Protocol on Intention" only because of his omission, and which, Radosevic says, without grounds imply possible legal effects of that document. Radosevic further admits that he failed to warn the president about this fact, and before the signing procedure he briefed President Mesic only on parts of the notes referring to him (President), and which only "express the President's support in principle to the project of the purchase of the Sisak ironworks." "Working in good faith, I contributed, however, to the creation of a situation which is being used for launching a campaign against the President of the Republic. Accepting my share of the responsibility I have offered my resignation to the President from the office of his advisor on economy," read the statement. Releasing Radosevic's statement, the Office of President Mesic believes that it offers all the relevant data to the public, explaining why and to which extent President Mesic was involved in the talks conducted before the signing of the contract on the sale of the Sisak plant to the Russian company. (hina) ms sb