ATHENS ATHENS, Feb 21 (Hina) - Croatia's Premier Ivica Racan on Friday morning met his Greek counterpart Costas Simitis to whom he would hand over Zagreb's application for the full EU membership.
ATHENS, Feb 21 (Hina) - Croatia's Premier Ivica Racan on Friday
morning met his Greek counterpart Costas Simitis to whom he would
hand over Zagreb's application for the full EU membership. #L#
Croatia is submitting the application with the aim to accelerate
its process of joining the EU and be included in a group of countries
covered by the second round of the Union's expansion, planned for
2007.
Greece is presiding over the EU in the first half of this year.
In Athens Racan is to meet President Constantinos Stephanopoulos
and Foreign Minister Georgios Papandreou.
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