ZAGREB, April 3 (Hina) - Today's VECERNJI LIST carries an interview
with Croatian Parliament deputy speaker Vladimir Seks regarding the
latest UN Security Council resolution for Croatia.
"Croatia pulled itself out of the jaws of the status quo,"
Seks said. "Croatia pulled itself out of the grip of the Vance
plan, but some elements of this plan which remain, such as
disarmament and demilitarization, are fully acceptable to Croatia,"
he added.
Seks further assessed that the resolution "politically annulls
the part of the Vance plan which served as a political foothold to
Belgrade, Knin and some Contact Group members, that the actual
sovereignty of the Republic of Croatia and its territorial
integrity can be fulfilled only on the basis of a comprehensive
political settlement in the entire former Yugoslavia."
Seks stressed that Croatia was getting ever stronger political
support in the world, but noted that on the other hand the
international community was ready to forget everything that had
happened and reward the aggressor.
Vecernji List includes a comment piece on the UN resolution
under the headline "A New Diplomatic Battle To Follow."
"One thing is certain, the world made it clear to rebel Serbs
that they would not be consulted in drafting framework solutions
and political resolutions. But it did not say that this would also
apply when it came to implementing the resolution. This shows what
new challenges and pressure Croatian diplomats will be faced with
and what an important job they will have to do in the coming
weeks."
In an article headlined "Proof of Croatian Strength", today's
VJESNIK says that Croatian diplomats at the UN have once again won
an important political victory.
"When it seemed that things would take an adverse course for
Croatia and when it seemed that the Security Council would knuckle
under Russian obstinacy, Zagreb showed clear signs that Croatia
would not give in."
The article further notes that "there is no room for being
triumphant" and addes: "It is certain that a lot will happen and
that pressure on Croatia will increase by the time Boutros-Ghali
submits a report to the Security Council specifying mechanisms for
the implementation of the latest resolutions."
Zagreb has shown many times that it is willing to resolve the
crisis politically but it has also shown its "firmness and
resolution not to cross the limits of national dignity and state
interests," according to the Vjesnik commentary.
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