COPENHAGEN, March 12 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman and
US Vice President Al Gore today held talks in Copenhagen. After the
talks they held a joint press conference where they spoke of the
impetus to a new UN Security Council mandate for Croatia.
President Tudjman said the decision on the expiry of
UNPROFOR's current mandate on 31 March 1995, remained in force.
However, in line with its peace policies Croatia would accept
further international presence on its territory, he added.
"Croatia wanted to accelerate the peaceful solution because of
the intolerable occupation of part of its territory. We wanted to
contribute to stabilization of the circumstances, and, in
cooperation with the United Nations, United States and other
international factors we will confirm our contribution through the
impetus to a new international mechanism," Tudjman stressed.
At the press conference Tudjman read a statement on a new UN
Security Council Mandate for an international presence in Croatia.
The new mandate would consist of the international control of
the Croatian borders with Bosnia-Herzegovina and the so-called
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro), the control of
access and communications through the occupied areas of
international humanitarian operations, and the facilitating of the
implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement, the Economic Agreement
and other agreements on the peaceful reintegration of the occupied
areas into Croatia.
US Vice President Al Gore described this position of Croatia
as "wise", and announced intentions of his country to start
relevant initiatives at the UN Security Council.
Gore said there was agreement between all the Contact Group
member states on such concept for the international presence.
Tudjman and Gore revealed several details from the new mandate
at the press conference .
The international contingent for such a peacekeeping mission
should consist of about 5,000 troops.
It was not still known which countries might contribute troops
to the new mandate. According to US diplomatic circles, US soldiers
were not to be part of new international forces for Croatia.
UN Security Council is expected to draw up a relevant
resolution in the end of this month.
Gore said he was glad that President Tudjman would visit
Washington and talk with US President Bill Clinton this week.
President Tudjman met UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros
Ghali and Danish Foreign Minister Niles Helvege Petersen this
morning in Copenhagen.
He talked with them about the situation in the former
Yugoslavia. The talks focused particularly on the situation in
Croatia and the new momentum of a peaceful solution to the crisis.
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