AMERICAN STUDY ABOUT CROATIA PRESENTED IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Hina) - A united Europe cannot exist without inclusion of Croatia into it, read a conclusion of a study about Croatia, democracy and the West, presented in the National Press Club in Washington on Thursday. The study is the result of several-month-long research done by Marvin Liebstone, the editor of the "NATO's Nations" magazine and the owner and editor of the "Global Security and Trade Journal." The purpose of the study is to assess thoroughly and objectively of elements of Croatia's appropriateness to become a member-country of EuroAtlantic institutions, primarily of the Partnership for Peace programmes. Liebstone assessed that Croatia fulfilled conditions for the acceptance into the Partnership for Peace and that it was on the right political, economic and security path toward the membership in NATO and the European Union. Croatia's Ambassador in Washington, Miomir Zuzul, spoke at the presentation. He said the Croatian general public wished that Croatia would become a member-state of western political and military institutions. Zuzul wondered why the international community failed to adequately respond to and support positive movements in Croatia and added that his country did not ask anything more than to be evaluated according to its achievements. The democratic development is Croatia's own goal and not only a condition set by others, he explained. In this regard he notified the guests at the presentation with the recent agreement reached by leading Croatian political parties on the new electoral law. (hina) jn ms