BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3692 HINA ZAGREB, 17 JULY 2000

HR-BULLETIN-POLITICS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3692 HINA ZAGREB, 17 JULY 2000 CROATIA IS EXAMPLE FOR REGION'S COUNTRIES - SAYS NATO'S ROBERTSONBRUSSELS, July 17 (Hina) - Croatia is firmly entering the Euro-Atlantic family and becoming an example for countries in the region, NATO Secretary-General George Robertson said in Brussels on Monday. Robertson held a joint press conference with Croatian President Stipe Mesic following a NATO session attended by Mesic, who arrived in Brussels today and was the first Croatian President to address NATO's Council. Robertson said NATO was enthusiastic about the radical change in Croatia's policy following elections earlier this year, reminding that in the meantime Croatia had joined NATO's Partnership for Peace programme. The Secretary-General said that when he first met Mesic in Zagreb, the Croatian President said Croatia was not interested in making promises to the international community but in taking action which, Robertson adde