SYMPOSIUM ON SE EUROPE'S FUTURE AFTER DJINDJIC'S ASSASSINATION

ZAGREB, April 2 (Hina) - In an effort to improve the situation in Southeast Europe, Croatia's accession to the European Union would be favourable. Serbia & Montenegro will need international help and Bosnia & Herzegovina will not exist unless it joins the EU, speakers at a symposium on the future of Southeast Europe following the recent assassination of Serbia's Premier Zoran Djindjic held in Zagreb on Wednesday evening. #L# Croatia is an organised country and it could easily become a candidate for membership of the EU as early as today, Croatian parliament Vice President and president of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Zdravko Tomac, said. "We will help stabilise the so- called Western Balkans but we do not wish to share its destiny (...). This entire region can definitely be stabilised only when it becomes a part of the EU and each country must be accepted on an individual basis when it is ready," he said. As Croatia claims that it sees its future in the EU, access to that organisation is the only way for Bosnia also, Bosnian Ambassador to Croatia Zlatko Dizdarevic said. The murder of premier Zoran Djindjic will have several-fold consequences for Serbia & Montenegro, Serbian Ambassador Milan Simurdic said. (Hina) sp it