BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3672 HINA ZAGREB, 27 JUNE 2000

HR-BULLETIN-POLITICS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3672 HINA ZAGREB, 27 JUNE 2000 TWO-DAY NATO SEMINAR ON CONTROL OVER ARMED FORCES ENDSZAGREB, June 27 (Hina) - NATO member-countries will understand that Croatia cannot immediately modernise its armed forces, but they will not have understanding in case Croatia fails to establish very soon a democratic control over the army, said Croatian Deputy Defence Minister Zlatko Gareljic on Tuesday in his closing speech at a two-day seminar on the democratic control over armed forces. Our partners will have understanding if we cannot at once buy up-to-date equipment and modernise the armed forces, but they will not show understanding for a lack of democratic control over the army and insufficient transparency in spending budgetary means, Gareljic said closing the seminar, organised by NATO within the Partnership for Peace programme (PfP). Since Croatia's admission into the PfP in May, this has been the first activity of NATO in the