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HR-ADMISSION-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4875HINA Zagreb, February 25, 2003PRESIDENT MESIC: CROATIA EXPECTS TO JOIN EU IN 2007ZAGREB/PARIS, Feb 25 (Hina) - Croatia expects to enter the
European Union in 2007, President Stjepan Mesic said in an interview for France's "Le Figaro". The French paper published Mesic's interview a day after he paid a day-long visit to Paris where he held talks with his French counterpart Jacques Chirac. "We expect to join the Union in 2007. Until then we shall have fulfilled all European norms," the Croatian head of state said, adding that Zagreb still had to solve some open issues such as the return of refugees, the restitution of property and cooperation with the UN war crimes tribunal. Mesic also commented on the Croatian stand on the Iraqi crisis, which he and his host Chirac discussed on Monday. The French president severely criticised the pro-American views of the Vilnius Group, which Zagreb joined. "Croat