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HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4874 HINA Zagreb 24 February 2003MESIC COMMENTS ON BENEFITS EU CAN GET ACCEPTING CROATIAPARIS, Feb 24 (Hina) - Croatia is "willing, ready and able" to carry out what the European
Union is asking of it to do in order to mull the membership candidacy which Croatia had submitted last Friday in Athens, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said in Paris on Monday. In his lecture at the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI), the Croatian head of state quoted obligations his country should fulfil on its path towards the full EU membership, and he also spoke about benefits which Europe could derive from accepting Croatia as its member. "Any serious consideration of our candidacy is out of the question, before Europe becomes sure that we are not only willing but also able to do what is expected of us," Mesic said. He pointed to the full cooperation with the Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal, reform and de-politicisation of the j