CRO PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT MEETS STABILITY PACT SPECIAL COORDINATOR

ZAGREB, April 11 (Hina) - President of the Croatian National Sabor Zlatko Tomcic on Tuesday held talks with special coordinator for the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe Bodo Hombach on Stability Pact projects and the policy of the new Croatian Government, the Croatian National Sabor Public Relations Office said in a statement. Tomcic stressed Croatia had been supporting the Stability Pact from the very beginning, and that it was ready to give its contribution to peace and stability in the region, which was a condition for the realisation of Croatia's interest, namely joining EuroAtlantic integration, the statement read. The Stability Pact is one of the most important priorities of Croatia's foreign policy, and in accordance with that the Sabor approached it with an appropriate legislative reforms, Tomcic said. According to the statement, Tomcic said that the fundamental condition for the stability in the region was the return of refugees in Bosnaska Posavina and Banja Luka region. He expressed satisfaction with a recently held financial conference on the Stability Pact in Brussels, at which many Croatia projects received financial support, adding however, that a deminig project did not receive sufficient support. Hombach pointed to the significance of cooperation between parliaments of the Stability Pact countries and added that after the financial conference in Brussels nothing was in the way of carrying out Stability Pact goals. Hombach stressed Croatia needed financial support, even though it was politically more stabile that other countries in the region, the statement read. (hina) it mm