BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4931

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4931 HINA Zagreb 22 April 2003ASHDOWN: CROATIA'S COMING CLOSER TO EU SETS EXAMPLE TO REGIONZAGREB, April 22 (Hina) - Croatia's progress in bids to come closer to the European Union has set an example, and Zagreb could take a role of an advisor of other countries in the region covered by that process, the international community's High Representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Paddy Ashdown, said in Zagreb after his talks with Croatian President on Tuesday. Ashdown told reporters that President Stjepan Mesic and he had discussed the integration process of south-eastern Europe into the Union in light of the forthcoming EU summit in Salonika, set for June. The British diplomat added that he had told Mesic that Croatia's progress towards the European Union was a model to be followed by the entire region and that Croatia could play a role as advisor to other countries in the region in their efforts to set up structures which would enable t