ZAGREB, 11 July (Hina) - The Croatian Government hailed yesterday's action by Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Prijedor. The SFOR operation was an encouraging sign and the Croatian Government expected from the international community to
continue to be decisive and uncompromising in apprehending war crime suspects, the head of the Government public relations office Neven Jurica told a press conference Friday.
ZAGREB, 11 July (Hina) - The Croatian Government hailed yesterday's
action by Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Prijedor. The SFOR operation was
an encouraging sign and the Croatian Government expected from the
international community to continue to be decisive and uncompromising in
apprehending war crime suspects, the head of the Government public
relations office Neven Jurica told a press conference Friday. #L#
Speaking about the U.N. Secretary General's report on a two-phase
exit strategy of U.N. forces from the Croatian Danube river region and
the withdrawal of UNTAES military component from the region, Jurica said
that the Government expected the process to be completed by 15 October.
The restructured UNTAES mandate should end by 15 January 1998, Jurica
said, adding that this would mean full implementation of the Erdut
Agreement.
The Croatian Government hailed the admission of Hungary, the Czech
Republic and Poland to NATO, and joined other countries which saw
themselves within NATO.
Jurica also informed the press conference about headlines in
foreign papers. As an example of malicious and biased writing, Jurica
read parts of an article from 'The New Zealand Geographic', on the
alleged revival of fascism in Croatia. On the other side, the
prestigious magazine 'Leaders' from New York brought objective articles
about Croatia and its economy as well as interviews with the Croatian
President and Premier, Jurica said.
A letter by the editor-in-chief of Zagreb-based Radio 101, sent to
various addresses in the world, was an example how such an biased
picture of the situation in the Croatian media was created, Jurica said.
According to the letter, the fact that some local radio and TV
stations in Croatia stopped functioning, had to do with the state
pressure against the media.
Jurica stressed that all radio and TV stations the letter referred
to stopped working because they had to adjust their activities to the
regulations of the Law on Telecommunications. After they had fulfilled
their obligations, local radio stations continued with their programs,
except for a radio station in Crikvenica which decided that its further
work would not pay.
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