ZAGREB, May 11 (Hina) - The whole text of a stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between Croatia and the European Union was harmonised in Zagreb on Friday.
ZAGREB, May 11 (Hina) - The whole text of a stabilisation and
Association Agreement (SAA) between Croatia and the European Union
was harmonised in Zagreb on Friday.#L#
Croatia will thus become an associate member and potential
candidate for full-right membership in the EU, Croatia's chief
negotiator Neven Mimica and European Commission (EC)
representative Reinhard Priebe said.
The SAA will be initialled in Brussels on Monday by Croatian Foreign
Minister Tonino Picula and EC foreign affairs commissioner Chris
Patten. The signing follows in the autumn.
"The upcoming signing of the Stabilisation and Association
Agreement is of historic importance for us as it represents the
first contractual relationship between Croatia and the EU," Mimica
said after the last official round of negotiations on the SAA.
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