ZAGREB, Oct 5 (Hina) - A national consensus is necessary in connection with Croatia's security and the struggle against terrorism, parliament's committees on foreign affairs and internal affairs and national security agreed at
Friday's joint session. We have agreed the struggle against terrorism, in which Croatia has to be part of the anti-terrorist coalition, will be long, hard, and with unknown implications, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, Zdravko Tomac, told reporters after the session. Terrorism and the struggle against it will be the subject of a parliamentary debate open to the public. The participants in today's meeting endorsed a government statement on anti-terrorism. The chairwoman of the internal affairs and national security committee, Djurdja Adlesic, said the participants called for putting an end to the language of hatred, and appealed for help to non-governmental organi
ZAGREB, Oct 5 (Hina) - A national consensus is necessary in
connection with Croatia's security and the struggle against
terrorism, parliament's committees on foreign affairs and internal
affairs and national security agreed at Friday's joint session.
We have agreed the struggle against terrorism, in which Croatia has
to be part of the anti-terrorist coalition, will be long, hard, and
with unknown implications, the chairman of the foreign affairs
committee, Zdravko Tomac, told reporters after the session.
Terrorism and the struggle against it will be the subject of a
parliamentary debate open to the public.
The participants in today's meeting endorsed a government
statement on anti-terrorism.
The chairwoman of the internal affairs and national security
committee, Djurdja Adlesic, said the participants called for
putting an end to the language of hatred, and appealed for help to
non-governmental organisations and the media.
Besides the two committees' members, also participating in the
session were other interested MPs, the parliamentary leadership,
the prime minister, competent ministers, representatives of the
intelligence community, and others.
The two committees agreed in principle on the establishment of a
body that would coordinate the struggle against terrorism and
comprise a considerably wider number of people than the
government's crisis management centre, said Tomac.
The new body would pool representatives of the entire political
community, thus ensuring that Croatia is leading a uniform policy,
he added.
The two parliamentary committees today also debated the media, in
the wake of false information, for instance that Osama bin Laden had
stayed in Croatia or that Croatia trained commandos for
Afghanistan.
Reporters were interested in the readiness of intelligence
services to combat terrorism.
The services function well, said the deputy chairman of the
internal affairs and national security committee, Ivan Ninic,
while Adlesic added the services' work had been evaluated as good.
Ninic said the drawing up of a national security law was nearing
completion, and emphasised the need of adopting a national security
strategy.
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