OSIJEK, Feb 22 (Hina) - After four and a half years, the general
alert was called off in Osijek, a city near the remaining occupied
area of eastern Croatia, on Thursday.
The all-clear was sounded at 18.25 hours by US ambassador to
Croatia Peter Galbraith in the presence of Osijek County prefect
Branimir Glavas and the head of the government office for
restoration of Croatian authority in the occupied area, Ivica
Vrkic.
The all-clear marked the end of this war in Europe, Galbraith
said cheerfully.
Galbraith and Glavas together removed a top sandbag from a
wall of sandbags protecting the County Administration building,
celebrating the event with a bottle of champagne in company of
Osijek residents.
The symbolic end of red alert was a result of efforts by the
Croatian government and the interntional community, particularly
the United States, to put a stop to the conflict in former
Yugoslavia, Glavas said.
Glavas called on the Croatian citizens of Serb nationality in
the occupied area to reject arms and accept a peaceful
reintegration into Croatia.
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