CRO OFFICIAL, FRENCH ENVOY SUPPORT STABILITY IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

ZAGREB, May 4 (Hina) - The countries of south-east Europe should work on stabilising the region and the whole continent by harmonising their policies and adopting joint views, a French Foreign Minister's envoy Michel Foucher and a Croatian Parliament vice-president Zarko Domljan stated in Zagreb on Tuesday. Europe is not aspiring towards any form of political integration of south-east Europe, but towards "the establishment of trade and traffic links" and the creation of "favourable mutual dependence" between the states in the region, said Foucher. All east-European states should work towards approaching European institutions and alleviate the existing tensions, Foucher said during a discussion on the Kosovo crisis. The Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, whose policy has been causing crises on the territory of the former Yugoslavia for eight years, should be defeated, Domljan, also the president of the parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs, said. Had Europe been able to react timely, the tragic wars could have been prevented, Domljan added. Speaking about the future of Yugoslavia, Foucher said France supported a confederal solution. Domljan supported the preservation of the existing borders, adding it was necessary to find an institutional solution which would enable Kosovo, Montenegro and Macedonia to establish links with the European Union. Domljan said one should differentiate between the Montenegrin people, who have state tradition, and Kosovo Albanians, who deserve a high degree of autonomy. (hina) jn rml