BRUSSELS, Feb 15 (Hina) - NATO Secretary-General George Robertson said the this alliance applauded political changes which recent elections brought about in Croatia. Robertson added that during his talks with Croatia's Premier Ivica
Racan on Tuesday they had agreed on a joint programme of activities for enabling Croatia to take part as an observer in the Partnership for Peace Programme. On Tuesday Croatia's Prime Minister Racan held a meeting with and Robertson in the NATO headquarters in Brussels and subsequently with 19 permanent representatives of NATO member-countries in the Belgian capital. Assessing the talks as meaningful and good, Racan told reporters that he had handed over a document to NATO Secretary General in which Zagreb officially expressed its wish to be admitted to the Partnership for Peace and that it was expecting a positive answer from NATO very soon. "Yesterday, during our meetings wi
BRUSSELS, Feb 15 (Hina) - NATO Secretary-General George Robertson
said the this alliance applauded political changes which recent
elections brought about in Croatia.
Robertson added that during his talks with Croatia's Premier Ivica
Racan on Tuesday they had agreed on a joint programme of activities
for enabling Croatia to take part as an observer in the Partnership
for Peace Programme.
On Tuesday Croatia's Prime Minister Racan held a meeting with and
Robertson in the NATO headquarters in Brussels and subsequently
with 19 permanent representatives of NATO member-countries in the
Belgian capital.
Assessing the talks as meaningful and good, Racan told reporters
that he had handed over a document to NATO Secretary General in
which Zagreb officially expressed its wish to be admitted to the
Partnership for Peace and that it was expecting a positive answer
from NATO very soon.
"Yesterday, during our meetings with European Union officials we
made a great step towards the Union, and today we are making such
step towards NATO," the Croatian Premier said and voiced
satisfaction with the talks he held during his two-day stay in
Brussels.
Today the Croatian-EU joint Task Force is holding its first session
in Brussels, and this session is viewed as one of first concrete
measures in making Croatia closer to the European Union.
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