ZAGREB, May 23 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic on Tuesday received credentials from the newly-appointed German Ambassador to Croatia, Gerhardt Weiss. Weiss called on Croatia to be bold in making the vision of Euro-Atlantic
integration a reality and promised Germany's overall support. In a short speech on the history of Germany, Weiss said his country had managed to cast away the nationalist and irresponsible policy of force and embrace integrated coexistence. Weiss reminded that the joint responsibility of the region and Europe, as well as their cooperation and integration were the political foundation of today's Europe. The German ambassador welcomed Croatia's decision to enter a new stage in its history at the beginning of the new millennium. Concluding his speech, which he delivered in Croatian, Weiss recognised the role of Croat emigrants in Germany, who, looking
ZAGREB, May 23 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic on Tuesday
received credentials from the newly-appointed German Ambassador to
Croatia, Gerhardt Weiss.
Weiss called on Croatia to be bold in making the vision of Euro-
Atlantic integration a reality and promised Germany's overall
support.
In a short speech on the history of Germany, Weiss said his country
had managed to cast away the nationalist and irresponsible policy
of force and embrace integrated coexistence. Weiss reminded that
the joint responsibility of the region and Europe, as well as their
cooperation and integration were the political foundation of
today's Europe.
The German ambassador welcomed Croatia's decision to enter a new
stage in its history at the beginning of the new millennium.
Concluding his speech, which he delivered in Croatian, Weiss
recognised the role of Croat emigrants in Germany, who, looking for
a better living, had given their contribution to the establishment
of today's Germany, carrying out at the same time one of the most
beautiful tasks - the establishment of friendly ties in Europe.
President Mesic recalled that Germany had been the initiator of
Croatia's international recognition, but, unfortunately, it also
had been the only country which had realised on time that the former
Yugoslav community was unsustainable.
Croatia wants German investors to recognise Croatia's potential
and it wants Croat emigrants in Germany to contribute to building
their own country as well, Mesic said.
During the afternoon, Mesic received credentials also from the
Vienna-based Philippine Ambassador Victor R. Garcia III; Vienna-
based Cypriot Ambassador Nicolas D. Macris; Maltese Ambassador
John Lowell, based in La Valetta; and the Prague-based Kuwaiti
Ambassador Ahmad Abdullah Ali Bu-Zuobar.
The Philippine, Maltese, and Kuwaiti ambassadors were also
received by Sabor vice-president Zdravko Tomac.
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