ZAGREB, May 10 (Hina) - The North Atlantic Council (NAC) invited Croatia to join NATO's Partnership for Peace programme in Brussels on Wednesday. The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) is still to reach its decision this
afternoon, after which Croatia's invitation would be official.
ZAGREB, May 10 (Hina) - The North Atlantic Council (NAC) invited
Croatia to join NATO's Partnership for Peace programme in Brussels
on Wednesday. The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) is
still to reach its decision this afternoon, after which Croatia's
invitation would be official. #L#
Diplomatic sources in Zagreb told Hina that today's EAPC session
starts at 3pm. It is expected that the other 25 member-countries of
the Partnership for Peace would confirm the decision which the 19
NATO member-countries have adopted within the NAC.
The Croatian Foreign Ministry expects Foreign Minister Tonino
Picula will receive an invitation from Brussels regarding the
signing of the necessary documents at a ministerial meeting of NATO
and EAPC on May 24/25 in Florence, when Croatia should officially
and formally become a member of the Partnership for Peace
programme.
(hina) mm rml