ZAGREB, Oct 6 (Hina) - Croatia's Deputy Foreign Minister Vesna Cvjetkovic-Kurelec held talks on Friday with the state secretary at Norway's Foreign Ministry, Espen Barht Eide, the Croatian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Eide
pointed to Norway's political support to democratic changes in Croatia, and announced doubling overall Norwegian assistance to Croatia for next year. He reiterated Norway's interest in assisting the reconstruction of the power supply system in eastern Croatia, and particularly in training state administration staff and strengthening the state's democratic institutions. Speaking about the situation in the region, especially the latest developments in neighbouring Yugoslavia, Cvjetkovic-Kurelec reiterated the Croatian government's stance that it viewed them as the end of Slobodan Milosevic's undemocratic regime and the beginning of normalisation in Serbia. She also stressed the
DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS NORWEGIAN STATE SECRETARY
ZAGREB, Oct 6 (Hina) - Croatia's Deputy Foreign Minister Vesna
Cvjetkovic-Kurelec held talks on Friday with the state secretary at
Norway's Foreign Ministry, Espen Barht Eide, the Croatian Foreign
Ministry said in a statement.
Eide pointed to Norway's political support to democratic changes in
Croatia, and announced doubling overall Norwegian assistance to
Croatia for next year.
He reiterated Norway's interest in assisting the reconstruction of
the power supply system in eastern Croatia, and particularly in
training state administration staff and strengthening the state's
democratic institutions.
Speaking about the situation in the region, especially the latest
developments in neighbouring Yugoslavia, Cvjetkovic-Kurelec
reiterated the Croatian government's stance that it viewed them as
the end of Slobodan Milosevic's undemocratic regime and the
beginning of normalisation in Serbia.
She also stressed the importance Croatia's democratic conduct had
had for the entire region.
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