WASHINGTON, 13 May (Hina) - On the first day of his visit to the United States, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic held talks with the U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
WASHINGTON, 13 May (Hina) - On the first day of his visit to the
United States, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic held talks
with the U.S. Vice President Al Gore. #L#
The United States shared Croatia's optimism as regards the
successful completion of the peaceful reintegration of the Croatian
Danubian area. Croatia expected that the area would be
demilitarized by the end of June this year, Minister Granic said.
Vice President Gore supported Croatia as a very serious
candidate for the NATO Partnership For Peace program. 'We hope to
become a member the Partnership for Peace program after the
demilitarization of eastern Slavonia, Baranja and western Srijem',
Granic said.
The two high officials discussed economic relations between
the two countries and the approval of a privileged status for
Croatia in trade relations. A U.S. economic delegation should visit
Croatia soon, Granic said.
Vice President Gore was interested in the problem of freedom
of media and the crisis of Zagreb City authority.
'I said that the issue would be solved through the application
of laws and through new elections', Granic said, adding that
Croatia, as far as electronic media are concerned, was ready to
give an independent channel, in case someone wanted to invest money
into it.
Results of the meeting of the Committee for Cooperation
between Croatia and the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, held in
Zagreb last Saturday, were described as very positive. Problems
relating to the issue of a Federation's defence law should be
solved during the meeting of the Forum of the Federation of Bosnia-
Herzegovina, to be held in Washington tomorrow, Granic said.
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