RIJEKA, April 14 (Hina) - President Stjepan Mesic, who on Wednesday visited Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the seaport of Rijeka, said he believed that Croatia would obtain a positive opinion of the European Union because it had met
all the conditions. Objections refer only to one citizen, who is on the run and not responding to the summons of the Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal, while all other Croatian citizens have responded, either as witnesses or as suspects, Mesic said answering a reporter's question about Croatia's prospects of obtaining a positive avis.
RIJEKA, April 14 (Hina) - President Stjepan Mesic, who on Wednesday
visited Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the seaport of Rijeka, said
he believed that Croatia would obtain a positive opinion of the
European Union because it had met all the conditions. Objections refer
only to one citizen, who is on the run and not responding to the
summons of the Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal, while all other
Croatian citizens have responded, either as witnesses or as suspects,
Mesic said answering a reporter's question about Croatia's prospects
of obtaining a positive avis.#L#
Mesic said that the Gotovina case should not be an obstacle to a
positive avis.
Speaking of a new stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary
Fund (IMF), the head of state said the deal with the IMF was necessary
for Croatia to have the credit rating it deserved. This will help
Croatia to produce and export and transform itself from an
import-oriented country into an export-oriented one, he added.
(Hina) ms sb