CRO. FM PICULA ATTENDS SEECP CONFERENCE IN MACEDONIA

OHRID, July 14 (Hina) - Foreign ministers of eight countries in Southeast Europe have met in Ohrid, Macedonia, on Friday to discuss stability, security, and democracy in the region as part of the Southeast European Cooperation Process. Attending the fifth SEECP conference are the foreign ministers of SEECP's six member-states, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, and Turkey, as well as of Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, which have observer status. The one-day conference will address stability, security, and democracy in the region, and the progress the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe achieved in the year since its establishment. The ministers will harmonise views and activities of SEECP member- states in connection with projects of joint interest. Attending the conference as special guests are Stability Pact coordinator Bodo Hombach, and representatives of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO, the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the World Bank, the World Trade Organisation, the Central European Initiative, and European ambassadors in Macedonia. (hina) ha