ZAGREB, July 9 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic and Czech colleague Vaclav Havel, who arrived in Croatia today, will travel to the southern Croatian seaside resort of Dubrovnik tomorrow, where they will be joined by Slovene
President Milan Kucan, and by Montenegro's Milo Djukanovic on Tuesday, Mesic told reporters in Zagreb on Sunday.
ZAGREB, July 9 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic and Czech
colleague Vaclav Havel, who arrived in Croatia today, will travel
to the southern Croatian seaside resort of Dubrovnik tomorrow,
where they will be joined by Slovene President Milan Kucan, and by
Montenegro's Milo Djukanovic on Tuesday, Mesic told reporters in
Zagreb on Sunday.#L#
"The three of us will hold talks first, and the President of
Montenegro will join us on the second day, since we know a decision
has been reached (by the parliament of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia, on amendments to the Constitution) which Montenegro
does not accept, so it is best that we get information on the matter
firsthand," Mesic told a joint news conference he held with Havel.
On Friday, the Montenegrin parliament refused to accept changes to
the FRY Constitution which the federal parliament adopted the day
before because the changes significantly reduce Montenegro's
influence on federal institutions.
President Mesic said Croatia did not want to interfere in
Montenegro's official relations with Serbia, FRY's other republic.
"We will, however, support democratic processes in Montenegro and
advocate their not becoming a source of difficulties (for
Montenegro)," he said.
"Our talks with President Djukanovic are a specific message," Mesic
added.
Responding to a question from the press, Croatia's President said
danger from a conflict breaking out in FRY certainly existed. He
added, however, that the more comprehensible the international
community's messages are to FRY President Slobodan Milosevic, the
smaller will that danger be.
"If the messages say that every war adventure will be punished, I am
hopeful such an adventure will not occur at all," Mesic said.
Czech President Havel told the same news conference the world had
always reacted to crises in this region in the past decade "five
minutes after twelve" and never five minutes before. The
international community was eventually obligated to use force, he
reminded, voicing hope the world had learned something from its own
experience and that it would not repeat the mistakes but act in
advance.
Havel evaluated the situation in FRY was serious and calling for
serious talks on both Serbia and Montenegro, as well as Kosovo. He
thanked President Mesic for the opportunity to discuss different
forms of prevention with him, as well as with Slovenia's Kucan and
Montenegro's Djukanovic.
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