BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4703

HR-BULLETINS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4703 BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4703HINA Zagreb 7 August 2002MESIC RECEIVES PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM NATO SECRETARY-GENERALZAGREB, Aug 7 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Wednesday received a personal message from NATO Secretary-General George Robertson in which Robertson stresses, amongst else, that Croatia needs to implement an entire series of reforms to be considered a qualified candidate for NATO. Recalling an open discussion with the Croatian President at the "Conference on Regional Stability and Co-operation" in Zagreb in early July, Robertson once again stressed that Croatia's accession to the Membership Action Plan (MAP) was an important step in developing relations with NATO. However, Robertson said he must once again emphasise that Croatia must now act on implementing an entire spectre of reforms required to make it a good quality NATO candidate in the future. The allies will carefully monitor Croatia's