SANADER MEETS DIPLOMATS FROM DANUBE COMMISSION COUNTRIES

ZAGREB, Nov 4 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader on Wednesday met heads of diplomatic missions of countries- signatories to the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Navigation Regime on the Danube, accredited to Croatia. Sanader informed the missions' chiefs that the Croatian Government had confirmed the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Navigation Regime on the Danube, a statement from the Foreign Ministry reported. The Deputy Foreign Minister also asked the diplomats to inform their respective governments that Croatia expected other signatories to complete procedures envisaged by their judiciary systems as soon as possible so that the Additional Protocol could go into force and the Danube Commission could turn to fulfilling its tasks. The Additional Protocol to the Convention on Navigation Regime on the Danube of August 18, 1948, was signed on 26 March 1998 in Budapest by Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Moldova, Germany, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Ukraine. Once the Additional Protocol goes into force, Croatia, Moldova and Germany will become parties to the Convention and full members of the Danube Commission. (hina) rml /sp