ZAGREB, March 18 (Hina) - At Tuesday's news conference Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan did not offer new information about threats on his life and an allegedly planned assassination attempt against him, but said that he still
believed in a democratic Croatia in which problems were not solved by crime.
ZAGREB, March 18 (Hina) - At Tuesday's news conference Croatian
Prime Minister Ivica Racan did not offer new information about
threats on his life and an allegedly planned assassination attempt
against him, but said that he still believed in a democratic Croatia
in which problems were not solved by crime. #L#
Racan placed the assassination threats in the context of danger to
which the leaders of every country are exposed, even of Croatia,
especially with regard to its surroundings and the recent
assassination of Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic.
Threats and warnings from foreign sources that Racan might be
killed if he went to Djindjic's funeral in Belgrade, came before his
trip there, said sources close to the ruling coalition.
Racan also commented on the "concern" of some of the media for the
safety of Croatian senior officials. A Croatian weekly on Tuesday
published a plan of movements of President Stjepan Mesic,
parliament president Zlatko Tomcic and PM Racan.
"I cannot understand this kind of concern if it goes hand in hand
with drawing a map of the trips on which the presidents of the state
and parliament and premier go. This concern is pharisaic," Racan
told reporters in the government building.
He expressed hope that the Iraqi crisis would not negatively
influence the Croatian tourist season.
It is important for tourists to know that Croatia is a stable and
safe country even when the rest of the world is not, Racan said.
(hina) lml