ZAGREB, March 5 (Hina) - The Croatian President Franjo Tudjman tonight received the Czech Premier Vaclav Klaus, who was accompanied by the Czech Ambassador to Croatia, Ondrej Havlin and the first aide to the Czech foreign minister,
Alexandr Vondra.
ZAGREB, March 5 (Hina) - The Croatian President Franjo Tudjman
tonight received the Czech Premier Vaclav Klaus, who was
accompanied by the Czech Ambassador to Croatia, Ondrej Havlin and
the first aide to the Czech foreign minister, Alexandr Vondra. #L#
The high officials discussed the current questions as regards
the implementation of the Dayton peace agreement in Croatia and
Bosnia-Herzegovina as well as bilateral relations.
The Croatian President explained to the Czech Premier the
historical causes of the conflict in Croatia and Bosnia-
Herzegovina. From the very beginning, Croatia had favoured peaceful
separation of the former Yugoslav republics, but the great-Serbian
imperialist policy had caused the brutal aggression against Croatia
and Bosnia-Herzegovina, President Tudjman said.
After the establishment of a stable, democratic Croatian state
and its legal system on the whole of its territory, Croatian
authorities would be ready for the normalisation of relations on
the basis of mutual recognition, Tudjman said.
Croatia would by no means accept any kind of a Balkan,
Adriatic or South-Slav association of states, he added.
As regards the implementation of the peace process in Bosnia-
Herzegovina and the establishment of the Croat-Bosniac Federation,
President Tudjman said that after four years of war it could not be
expected that everything would go smoothly. However, with the help
and understanding of the international community, the peace process
would be completed successfully.
The establishment of the Federation and its linking with
Croatia was not only in the interest of the Croat and Bosniac
peoples, but of the whole Europe and international community,
because the establishment of the Federation and its linking with
Croatia created conditions for a new, stable international order in
the region.
The Czech Republic had carefully followed the situation in
former Yugoslavia from the very beginning, Premier Klaus said,
stressing that it was the reason why his country participated in
U.N., that is, IFOR peace missions.
After a short stalemate in the Croatian-Czech bilateral
relations the two countries should intensify their political,
cultural and economic cooperation, especially their cooperation in
the field of tourism, the high officials agreed.
Today's talks between President Tudjman and the Czech state
delegation were also attended by Tudjman's Chief-Of-Staff Ivo
Sanader, a minister in the Croatian Government, Branko Mocibob,
Tudjman's advisor on foreign policy Zeljko Matic and the Croatian
Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Zlatko Strahuljak.
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