BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO.3820 HINA ZAGREB, 22 NOVEMBER 2000

HR-POLITICS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO.3820 HINA ZAGREB, 22 NOVEMBER 2000 RACAN: ZAGREB SUMMIT OPPORTUNITY FOR CROATIA'S AFFIRMATIONZAGREB, Nov 22 (Hina) - The Nov. 24 Zagreb Summit is an opportunity for the affirmation of independent, democratic and European Croatia which its representatives at the conference will know how to use, Prime Minister Ivica Racan said on Wednesday. "At the summit of European statesmen we shall know how to promote the policy of independent and democratic Croatia, we shall know how to outline our basic viewpoint - yes to cooperation with all, but with an individual fate and path to the European Union for Croatia," Racan told a news conference. "On Friday, Zagreb will be Europe's political and media centre," he added. Speaking about a draft Summit declaration, he said "it's evident that the approach to each country of the region is individual... Croatia could not really consent to anything else." "By welcoming European statesmen I believe that