PRESIDENT MESIC HOLDS TALKS WITH POLISH HEAD OF STATE

WARSAW, Oct 6 (Hina) - The fight against terrorism is certainly the most important issue at the moment, but we should not ignore the process of European integration, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said in Warsaw late last night after talks with his Polish counterpart Aleksander Kwasniewski. In a brief statement to the press ahead of Tuesday's Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European conference on the fight against terrorism, Mesic announced he would bring up the issue of European integration. "One should respond globally to global terrorism, but this does not mean we should neglect Europe, such as Europe's unifying," Mesic said. We must resist the threat of global terrorism jointly, he added. "Not one country, however big it is, however strong it might be, is in no position to fight global terrorism. We must all do so jointly," Mesic stressed. Asked about the importance of the conference in Warsaw, President Kwasniewski said that Poland, as host to the conference, had a very important role in the region, because of its size, its transitional achievements, and its status as member of NATO. We definitely want to play an important role, Kwasniewski said. (hina) lml