ZAGREB ZAGREB, June 23 (Hina) - A two-day NATO international conference on stability and cooperation in Southeast Europe, attended by top Croatian officials and NATO Secretary-General George Robertson, started in Zagreb on
Monday.
ZAGREB, June 23 (Hina) - A two-day NATO international conference on
stability and cooperation in Southeast Europe, attended by top
Croatian officials and NATO Secretary-General George Robertson,
started in Zagreb on Monday. #L#
The conference, called "Regional Stability and Cooperation: NATO,
Croatia and Southeast Europe", was opened by Mladen Stanicic on
behalf of the Institute for International Relations.
The conference will focus on NATO's strategy, the regional security
and stability context, and different forms of cooperation within
the Partnership for Peace programme and Membership Action Plan.
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic will address the conference later
today.
NATO Secretary-General Robertson, Croatian Foreign Minister
Tonino Picula, and Defence Minister Jozo Rados will also speak at
the conference. Prime Minister Ivica Racan's speech on Croatia's
strategy for joining NATO is scheduled to take place on the second
day of the conference.
The conference is also attended by representatives of the Geneva
Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces and
representatives of several countries from the region, including
Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Macedonia.
The meeting is organised by the Zagreb Institute for International
Relations and NATO's information and press office.
Later today, Robertson will hold talks with President Mesic, Prime
Minister Racan, Parliament President Zlatko Tomcic and members of
the parliamentary foreign affairs committee.
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