BELGRADE, May 8 (Hina) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic told on Wednesday Belgrade's Radio B92 he would soon hold a number of meetings with NATO officials on Yugoslavia's admission to Partnership for Peace, which was
conditional on cooperation with the Hague war crimes tribunal and the establishment of democratic control over the army.
BELGRADE, May 8 (Hina) - Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic
told on Wednesday Belgrade's Radio B92 he would soon hold a number
of meetings with NATO officials on Yugoslavia's admission to
Partnership for Peace, which was conditional on cooperation with
the Hague war crimes tribunal and the establishment of democratic
control over the army. #L#
With regard to control over the armed forces, Svilanovic said that
the country lacked a security strategy, a defence doctrine and a
number of laws.
The minister said that admission to Partnership for Peace was an
important step for Yugoslavia because all neighbouring countries,
except for Bosnia-Herzegovina, were members of the programme.
"If Yugoslavia wants to enjoy the minimum of security guarantees,
it must act like neighbouring countries," Svilanovic said.
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