ZAGREB, Feb 11 (Hina) - The international community has decided to give more active support to Croatia, because it does not want its radicalisation, which could destabilise the whole region, Croatia's Ambassador to the Organisation
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Mario Nobilo, said in a phone interview with Hina on Thursday. Nobilo was commenting on today's session of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, which discussed the latest quarterly report of the OSCE Mission on Croatia's progress in fulfilling its obligations. The report, presented to the Permanent Council by the head of the OSCE Mission in Croatia, Tim Guldimann, for the first time mentions a proposal on a "dual approach" of the international community towards Croatia. Along with the continuation of its dialogue with the Croatian Government regarding Croatia's admission to Euro-Atlantic integration processes, the international
ZAGREB, Feb 11 (Hina) - The international community has decided to
give more active support to Croatia, because it does not want its
radicalisation, which could destabilise the whole region,
Croatia's Ambassador to the Organisation for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Mario Nobilo, said in a phone
interview with Hina on Thursday.
Nobilo was commenting on today's session of the OSCE Permanent
Council in Vienna, which discussed the latest quarterly report of
the OSCE Mission on Croatia's progress in fulfilling its
obligations.
The report, presented to the Permanent Council by the head of the
OSCE Mission in Croatia, Tim Guldimann, for the first time mentions
a proposal on a "dual approach" of the international community
towards Croatia. Along with the continuation of its dialogue with
the Croatian Government regarding Croatia's admission to Euro-
Atlantic integration processes, the international community would
in this approach also offer "considerably" stronger direct support
for democratisation and normalisation of Croatia's society.
According to Nobilo, the international community had decided on a
more active approach also because it accepted the fact that the full
democratisation of society could not be achieved over night, and
the visit of the tripartite delegation (including U.N., Council of
Europe and OSCE representatives) to Croatia early this week had
helped the international community realise it.
"Apart from the reiterated criticism regarding the insufficient
freedom of the media, the situation in the judiciary and the
election law, positive comments could be heard as well, because it
has become obvious that Croatia cannot be stigmatised all the time,
but rather that the situation has to be viewed in a more realistic
manner", which has already been stated by Croatian President Franjo
Tudjman and Premier Zlatko Matesa during their talks with the
international delegation, Nobilo said.
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