BUDAPEST BUDAPEST, March 14 (Hina) - Parliament presidents from Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine met in Budapest on Friday to discuss their countries' integration in the European Union and regional security
issues, the Croatian parliament's public relations office said in a statement.
BUDAPEST, March 14 (Hina) - Parliament presidents from Hungary,
Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine met in Budapest on
Friday to discuss their countries' integration in the European
Union and regional security issues, the Croatian parliament's
public relations office said in a statement. #L#
Croatia's representative at the meeting was Parliament Vice-
President Zdravko Tomac, who stood in for Parliament President
Zlatko Tomcic. Tomac voiced confidence that Croatia could join the
EU along with Romania and Bulgaria in 2007, the statement said.
Parliamentary presidents from Central European countries
expressed their full support to Croatia's bids to become an EU and
NATO member as soon as possible.
Participants in the meeting forwarded a joint statement to the
parliament of Serbia and Montenegro, expressing their deep regret
at the tragic death of Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic, and voiced
their support for the continuation of democratic processes in
Serbia and Montenegro, the statement noted.
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