WASHINGTON, April 20 (Hina) - The NATO could help create an atmosphere for the development, democracy, human rights and freedom and the economic prosperity in central and eastern Europe, and have the role like the one it had for
Western European countries in the times of its establishment, said Croatian Ambassador to the United States, Miomir Zuzul. On Monday evening, Zuzul was a guest at the panel of the American University in Washington at which he spoke about Croatia's views on the Kosovo crisis. The panel, organised by the Political Alliance Kennedy for 30 years, is assessed as the best panel of undergraduates in the United States. The Croatian ambassador said the NATO action (in Yugoslavia) was inevitable. Comparing the current developments with circumstances prior to the Dayton Accords, Zuzul predicted that Belgrade authorities would accept a peaceful solution only when they
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Hina) - The NATO could help create an
atmosphere for the development, democracy, human rights and
freedom and the economic prosperity in central and eastern Europe,
and have the role like the one it had for Western European countries
in the times of its establishment, said Croatian Ambassador to the
United States, Miomir Zuzul.
On Monday evening, Zuzul was a guest at the panel of the American
University in Washington at which he spoke about Croatia's views on
the Kosovo crisis. The panel, organised by the Political Alliance
Kennedy for 30 years, is assessed as the best panel of
undergraduates in the United States.
The Croatian ambassador said the NATO action (in Yugoslavia) was
inevitable.
Comparing the current developments with circumstances prior to the
Dayton Accords, Zuzul predicted that Belgrade authorities would
accept a peaceful solution only when they were faced with the
inevitable military defeat.
From the moral point of view, the NATO operation is also justified,
but it is the indicator as well of the awareness and resoluteness of
the international community not to let Slobodan Milosevic continue
endangering the entire area in his pursuit of creating a Great
Serbia, the Croatian diplomat told students.
"The crisis of the collapse of the former Yugoslavia began ten years
ago in Kosovo and now it has turned the full circle - so it should end
there where it started, Zuzul explained
He answered a number of questions posed by other participants. The
event was broadcast live by C-Span public television, and parts of
Zuzul's speech were rebroadcast by CNN as well.
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