ZAGREB, Nov 19 (Hina) - The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S. have created a new climate in international relations in which Croatia has sided with democratic countries joined in the anti-terrorist coalition, Foreign Minister
Tonino Picula said on Monday. Picula addressed a diplomatic forum organised by the Institute for International Relations which debated new international relations and the active anti-terrorist policy. In attendance were domestic experts in international relations, members of the diplomatic corps in Croatia, and active participants in Croatia's foreign affairs. The events following the attacks on the United States have significantly improved the quality of global cooperation and confirmed the important role played by the United Nations, said Picula. "Croatia is resolute and willing to contribute, by combating terrorism on the national, regional and global level, to stability and s
ZAGREB, Nov 19 (Hina) - The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.
have created a new climate in international relations in which
Croatia has sided with democratic countries joined in the anti-
terrorist coalition, Foreign Minister Tonino Picula said on
Monday.
Picula addressed a diplomatic forum organised by the Institute for
International Relations which debated new international relations
and the active anti-terrorist policy. In attendance were domestic
experts in international relations, members of the diplomatic
corps in Croatia, and active participants in Croatia's foreign
affairs.
The events following the attacks on the United States have
significantly improved the quality of global cooperation and
confirmed the important role played by the United Nations, said
Picula.
"Croatia is resolute and willing to contribute, by combating
terrorism on the national, regional and global level, to stability
and security in Europe," the minister asserted, adding the
additional measures taken in Croatia following the U.S. attacks had
shown not one major terrorist network was active here.
Asked to comment on the rising xenophobia and aversion to
immigrants and refugees, even in Scandinavian countries, as the
chief of the UNHCR Mission to Croatia, Robert Robinson, has stated,
Picula said the European Union was concerned that illegal, even
legal, migration might affect security. "More security for
citizens, however, must not mean less democracy," he asserted.
Speaking about the legal aspect of anti-terrorism, Vladimir Ibler
of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences pointed to the lack of a
coherent set of legal principles, developed in international law,
within a uniform legal framework.
The head of the UN Liaison Office in Zagreb, Kishore Mandhyan,
advocated institutionalising global anti-terrorism, asserting
the struggle against terrorism must not undermine the basic human
rights or democratic development.
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