WACHAU WACHAU, June 29 (Hina) - The two-day Forum Wachau 2003 ended in Lower Austria on Sunday. The conference pooled some 200 distinguished politicians, diplomats and journalists from Austria and other EU members, as well as EU
candidates, including Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula for the first time.
WACHAU, June 29 (Hina) - The two-day Forum Wachau 2003 ended in
Lower Austria on Sunday. The conference pooled some 200
distinguished politicians, diplomats and journalists from Austria
and other EU members, as well as EU candidates, including Croatian
Foreign Minister Tonino Picula for the first time. #L#
Participants in the forum, which focused on EU's future and new
opportunities through reform and enlargement, assessed that the EU
was facing a historical step of enlargement, which should not be the
last.
Picula told reporters Croatia being invited at the conference "in a
way confirms the vision that the EU will not stop with the
enlargement".
He said participants voiced support to Croatia's European
prospects and its way towards the EU and stressed the necessity of
implementing reforms and adjusting to European standards.
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