ZAGREB, Feb 13 (Hina) - The Croatian Armed Forces' Chief-of-Staff, General Petar Stipetic, and the chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Guido Venturoni, discussed the adjustment of the Croatian army to NATO standards,
Croatia's activities within Partnership for Peace and the security situation in South-East Europe, in Zagreb on Tuesday. "We have discussed three sets of issues: the situation in the Croatian armed forces and their reorganisation, which is aimed at their drawing closer to NATO, the security situation in Croatia's neighbourhood, especially in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro, and Croatia's commitments regarding Partnership for Peace," Stipetic told reporters after almost two hours of talks with the NATO delegation. According to Stipetic, the two sides agree about the security situation in South-East Europe and Croatia's successful fulfilment of its obligations from the Partnership for Peac
ZAGREB, Feb 13 (Hina) - The Croatian Armed Forces' Chief-of-Staff,
General Petar Stipetic, and the chairman of the NATO Military
Committee, Admiral Guido Venturoni, discussed the adjustment of
the Croatian army to NATO standards, Croatia's activities within
Partnership for Peace and the security situation in South-East
Europe, in Zagreb on Tuesday.
"We have discussed three sets of issues: the situation in the
Croatian armed forces and their reorganisation, which is aimed at
their drawing closer to NATO, the security situation in Croatia's
neighbourhood, especially in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and
Montenegro, and Croatia's commitments regarding Partnership for
Peace," Stipetic told reporters after almost two hours of talks
with the NATO delegation.
According to Stipetic, the two sides agree about the security
situation in South-East Europe and Croatia's successful fulfilment
of its obligations from the Partnership for Peace programme.
Venturoni reminded that the visit to Croatia, which is part of a
tour of NATO and Partnership for Peace countries, was aimed at
obtaining from local military and political officials first-hand
information regarding their assessment of the security situation
on the international scene and NATO's role and missions.
The decision on Croatia's admission to Partnership for Peace has
contributed to strengthening ties between NATO and the country. The
Croatian armed forces have been successfully undergoing
reorganisation, which is aimed at their adjustment to NATO
standards, Venturoni said, adding he expected fast progress in that
regard.
The NATO official will also meet Defence Minister Jozo Rados and
President Stjepan Mesic.
(hina) rml