BONN, April 1 (Hina) - Croatia has received official guarantees by NATO, NATO countries and Partnership for Peace member-countries that it will be protected in case of an escalation of the conflicts in FR Yugoslavia, Croatian Foreign
Minister Mate Granic said on Bonn on Thursday. "Croatia has been placed among countries on the first line, along with other NATO and Partnership for Peace countries," Granic said. Granic arrived in Bonn for a Conference on the Balkans following a two-day official visit to the United States where he met State Secretary Madeleine Albright and the US Envoy for the former Yugoslavia, Robert Gelbard. Commenting on the subjects of discussions in Washington, Granic said "talks on accessing the Partnership for Peace Programme will be intensified", and reiterated that the US expected Croatia to consistently implement the Dayton Agreement, pass a new election law and a positive following of th
BONN, April 1 (Hina) - Croatia has received official guarantees by
NATO, NATO countries and Partnership for Peace member-countries
that it will be protected in case of an escalation of the conflicts
in FR Yugoslavia, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic said on
Bonn on Thursday.
"Croatia has been placed among countries on the first line, along
with other NATO and Partnership for Peace countries," Granic said.
Granic arrived in Bonn for a Conference on the Balkans following a
two-day official visit to the United States where he met State
Secretary Madeleine Albright and the US Envoy for the former
Yugoslavia, Robert Gelbard.
Commenting on the subjects of discussions in Washington, Granic
said "talks on accessing the Partnership for Peace Programme will
be intensified", and reiterated that the US expected Croatia to
consistently implement the Dayton Agreement, pass a new election
law and a positive following of the election campaign.
Granic said Croatia had been promised the United States' support in
its efforts to enter the World Trade Organisation this year.
Croatia and the US shared concern over the situation in Montenegro,
and as regards Prevlaka, Croatia "will not allow for any
surprises".
Prevlaka is Croatia's southernmost peninsula to which Yugoslavia
has territorial pretensions.
With regards to relations between Croatia and the United States,
Granic pointed out the recently signed agreement between the
Croatian Power Industry (HEP) and Enron, and an Exiem Bank and
Bechtel credit for the construction of the Zagreb - Dubrovnik
motorway, as well as talks which should take place in Washington
next week among World Bank and International Monetary Fund
officials, Croatian Finance Minister Borislav Skegro and Croatian
National Bank Governor Marko Skreb.
The talks will focus on credits Croatia will ask for from these two
organisations, about which it has already received US support, as
it is obvious it is already feeling the economic damage caused by
NATO strikes against FR Yugoslavia.
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