DAVOS, Jan 26 (Hina) - Croatia's return to the World Economic Forum (WEF) is proof that Europe and the world are again interested in the country after the non-European orientation and isolation Croatia chose itself, the country's
President, Stipe Mesic, said in Davos Friday. "After the Zagreb Summit, this is another proof that Croatia is a country interesting to the world and Europe", Mesic told reporters in Davos where he is participating in the WEF. He said that after the early 1990s, when Croatia was present in Davos, its policy was non-European and isolation-oriented, which was the reason why later Croatia was not present in Davos. Asked to comment on a meeting between the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) chief prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, and Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, who refuses to extradite former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the ICTY, Mesic said that "all
DAVOS, Jan 26 (Hina) - Croatia's return to the World Economic Forum
(WEF) is proof that Europe and the world are again interested in the
country after the non-European orientation and isolation Croatia
chose itself, the country's President, Stipe Mesic, said in Davos
Friday.
"After the Zagreb Summit, this is another proof that Croatia is a
country interesting to the world and Europe", Mesic told reporters
in Davos where he is participating in the WEF.
He said that after the early 1990s, when Croatia was present in
Davos, its policy was non-European and isolation-oriented, which
was the reason why later Croatia was not present in Davos.
Asked to comment on a meeting between the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) chief prosecutor, Carla
del Ponte, and Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, who refuses
to extradite former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the
ICTY, Mesic said that "all of them will cooperate and be happy to get
rid of Milosevic".
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