OSCE: RECENT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN CROATIA THE MOST CORRECT ELECTIONS HELD SO FAR

VIENNA, Jan 20 (Hina) - The recent parliamentary elections in Croatia were so far the most democratic, the most correct and the best monitored, the head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Croatia, Bernard Poncet, said at the OSCE Permanent Council held in Vienna on Thursday. Poncet said that the European Union, the United States, Canada and the Russian Federation welcomed the new atmosphere in Croatia. Despite the positive atmosphere, Poncet said, the message of great powers and other OSCE member-countries is that the new Government would be assessed by results it achieved and not by promises it made. The OSCE offered its support and believed that the Croatian Government could fulfil international obligations without greater funds, Poncet said. Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council, Croatian Ambassador in Croatia's Mission to the OSCE Mario Nobilo thanked all those who helped the correct implementation of elections. Croatia cannot make tectonic changes without the international support, particularly in economy, Nobilo said. Coordinatior of the European Union for the Stability Pact Bodo Hombach welcomed changes in Croatia and expressed wish to make contact with the new Croatian Government in order to inform the Government of his standpoint on the implementation of the Stability Pact. (hina) it mm