BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4934 HINA Zagreb, 25 April 2003

HR-POLITICS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4934 HINA Zagreb, 25 April 2003 CROATIAN TOP OFFICIALS PLEASED WITH ARMY REORGANISATIONZAGREB, April 25 (Hina) - The reorganisation of the Croatian Armed Forces is proceeding in a satisfactory manner and should be completed by the year's end, this was concluded at a meeting which Croatia's President, Premier and army commanders held to discuss reforms in the armed forces (OS). The chief commanders of all units of the army notified President Stjepan Mesic and Premier Ivica Racan that reforms in the army were going according to plan - the chief staff completed its reorganisation at the end of March. By the end of June the majority of the active staff in the military should be re-organised and the entire process should be completed by the end of the year. It was pointed out that despite political instability in the neighbourhood of Croatia, at the moment there were no conventional threats to the security of the country. Chief-of-staf