HELSINKI, Oct 17 (Hina) - Finland supports Croatia's stance for countries-candidates for the European Union to be assessed individually, Croatian Parliament president Zlatko Tomcic said in Helsinki Tuesday. Tomcic is heading a
Croatian Parliament delegation on an official visit to Finland at the invitation of his counterpart Riitta Ousukainen. Tomcic said their support to an individual approach expressed Finnish President Tarja Halonen, parliament speaker Riitta Ousukainen and Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuonioiaji. Talks between the Croatian delegation and Finnish senior officials were relations between Zagreb and Helsinki. Tomcic also spoke with his hosts about the possibility of restoring the former visa system between the two countries which had been suspended by Finland when a large number of refugees from the region of the former Yugoslavia left for Scandinavian countries. The decision on the
HELSINKI, Oct 17 (Hina) - Finland supports Croatia's stance for
countries-candidates for the European Union to be assessed
individually, Croatian Parliament president Zlatko Tomcic said in
Helsinki Tuesday.
Tomcic is heading a Croatian Parliament delegation on an official
visit to Finland at the invitation of his counterpart Riitta
Ousukainen.
Tomcic said their support to an individual approach expressed
Finnish President Tarja Halonen, parliament speaker Riitta
Ousukainen and Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuonioiaji.
Talks between the Croatian delegation and Finnish senior officials
were relations between Zagreb and Helsinki.
Tomcic also spoke with his hosts about the possibility of restoring
the former visa system between the two countries which had been
suspended by Finland when a large number of refugees from the region
of the former Yugoslavia left for Scandinavian countries.
The decision on the abolishing of visas for Croatian citizens must
be reached by all Scandinavian countries jointly, not just
Finland.
One of the subjects of talks was the Stability Pact for Southeast
Europe which will take place in Zagreb on November 24.
Finland will at the summit be represented by President Tarja
Halonen, or, Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen.
Tomcic and Ousukainen stressed the important role of parliamentary
democracy in the new processes in Europe's Southeast, and expressed
hope for a better cooperation between the two countries'
parliaments.
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