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ZAGREB, May 14 (Hina) - "Prime Minister Matesa's suggestion for me
to become Croatian Defence Minister is the greatest honour for me,
and also a huge task and responsibility," Croatian Health Minister
Andrija Hebrang said on Thursday.
Hebrang will be suggested as the future Croatian Defence Minister
by Prime Minister Matesa to Croatian President Franjo Tudjman.
The Defence Ministry was until now headed by an irreplaceable man,
the unfortunately deceased Minister Gojko Susak who had
accomplished the main part of the organisation of the Croatian
army, Hebrang said.
The Croatian army is being reorganised from a war-time to peace-
time circumstances, he said.
The organisation of the Croatian army must be harmonised with all
requests of the Partnership for Peace and NATO, and at the same
time, it must remain the main protector of the interests of Croatian
people and state.
This means, Hebrang said, that all organisation changes must be
within that framework, and the basic task of the Croatian army is to
secure stability in this part of Europe.
At the same time, he continued, a rationalisation of actions is
necessary, and we have to achieve a professional readiness of the
Croatian army at the highest level in case of anything unforeseen
happens.
Recalling that in the time of Croatia's defence, when an embargo on
arms and ammunition was in power, a transparent financial system
could not be established, Hebrang said that now in the new era, one
of his main tasks would be the establishment of a transparent
financial system in order for the army to, with a rational amount of
money, be maintained and to function according to principles of a
superior European army.
Simultaneously, we have to work on the maintaining of the Croatian
army's reputation among the Croatian people.
"That (Yugoslav) army that existed before was hated, and the
Croatian army today is synonymous with the terms safety, honour and
reputation at a very high level," Hebrang said.
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