MESIC RECEIVES DELEGATION OF DANUBE RIVER COMMISSION AND RPZR

MESIC RECEIVES DELEGATION OF DANUBE RIVER COMMISSION AND RPZR ZAGREB, Oct 6 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic on Friday evening received a delegation of the Danube River Commission and the working community of the Danube River regions (RZPR). Croatia is a Mediterranean country, however, it is also a Danube basin country and our goal is to enable the Danube for the navigation, Mesic said addressing the delegation. The Croatian President also said the Danube would enable communication between all Danube basin countries, as well as all countries gravitating towards the Danube, and it is unrealistic to expect the function of Vukovar and the entire Danube River region without the Danube. Jordan Borisov, governor of Bulgaria's region Rusa, which took over the chairing of the RZPR he was happy his region was able to take over the duty from Croatia and to continue initiatives Croatia had started. He added that their greatest assignment was to lead Croatia and Bulgaria to the path of European integration. Commenting on the events in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Croatian President said Serbia made its first step toward democracy. Milosevic's aggressive policy caused damage to countries Serbia was in war with and to the entire region. At the end, Serbian people suffered the most damage and it will take many years for Serbia to adopt European standards and to join European integration, Mesic concluded. (hina) it