US WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRESENTATION OF DEMARCHE TO CRO

ZAGREB, Oct 26 (Hina) - The United States Government believes that a demarche, which is going to be presented to Croatia by the European Union, represents one more step in a dialogue on Croatia's democratisation and its integration to Euro-Atlantic institutions. Even though it will not participate in the presentation, the United States supports the dialogue, the United States Embassy in Croatia reported in Zagreb Tuesday. The European Union delegation, headed by Secretary of State in the Finnish Foreign Ministry Jukka Valtasaari, on Tuesday will present vice president of the Croatian National Sabor with the letter of protest regarding the electoral law. The delegation will present Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa with the letter of protest regarding Croatia's cooperation with the International Criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday. The European Union is not satisfied with the draft of a new electoral law which is to be discussed by the Croatian Government on October 28, nor with Croatia's cooperation with the ICTY regarding ICTY's jurisdiction in operation of "Storm" and "Flash", which liberated a part of the Croatian territory from the Serb occupation. The United States Embassy said in its statement that the demarche was a part of international community's dialogue, in which the international community had taken numerous steps to make its views known to the Croatian Government regarding various issues essential to Croatia's democratic evolution and successful integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions. On Monday it was announced that representatives of the United States and the Organisation for the Security and Cooperation in Europe were also to be a part of the delegation along with representatives of the European Union. (hina) it jn