ZAGREB, May 25 (Hina) - On the occasion on Statehood Day which Croatia celebrates on May 30, Croatian President Stipe Mesic opened an exhibition entitled "Croatian Statehood" at the national university library in Zagreb. Exhibited are
legal, historic and literary documents from March 8, 852, until October 8, 1991. "In line with state law Croatia entered the wider communities and was not independent, but has maintained its statehood. Croatia did not lose it statehood in 1918 because the Croatian Parliament had never ratified Croatia's entrance into the SHS State and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia," Mesic said. He asserted that through the former Yugoslav Constitution in 1974 which had confederate elements, Croatia had received a status on the basis of which the Badinter Commission had in 1991 recognised its right to its independence. "Now ... we must do everything to become a part of the unified Europe, with European
ZAGREB, May 25 (Hina) - On the occasion on Statehood Day which
Croatia celebrates on May 30, Croatian President Stipe Mesic opened
an exhibition entitled "Croatian Statehood" at the national
university library in Zagreb.
Exhibited are legal, historic and literary documents from March 8,
852, until October 8, 1991.
"In line with state law Croatia entered the wider communities and
was not independent, but has maintained its statehood. Croatia did
not lose it statehood in 1918 because the Croatian Parliament had
never ratified Croatia's entrance into the SHS State and the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia," Mesic said.
He asserted that through the former Yugoslav Constitution in 1974
which had confederate elements, Croatia had received a status on
the basis of which the Badinter Commission had in 1991 recognised
its right to its independence.
"Now ... we must do everything to become a part of the unified
Europe, with European standards and criteria in the interest of our
own future and security. We are accessing European associations
because we are independent, and we will continue to be so," Mesic
said, adding that in the unified Europe Croatians would still be
Croatians.
This exhibitions also marked the fifth anniversary of the opening
of the new building of the national university library.
the exhibition will be opened until June 26.
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