SLOVENE MINISTER MEETS NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE CHAIRWOMAN

ZAGREB, March 5 (Hina) - Croatia and Slovenia are both investing efforts in entering the NATO and the European Union, and there is no alternative to this, Slovene Defence Minister Anton Grizold said in Zagreb Monday during talks with the charwoman of the Croatian parliament's committee for internal affairs and national security, Djurdja Adlesic. According to the parliament's public relations office, Grizold stressed small countries must have rational security systems, and relayed Slovenia's intention to offer new projects to Europe, with the cooperation of neighbouring countries. "The first country with which talks are being held on the matter is Croatia," he said, adding small countries should join forces and submit motions to the NATO jointly. As Croatia and Slovenia share the same military heritage, Grizold offered cooperation in the field of military infrastructure, and expressed hope this could open up other forms of cooperation between the two countries. Adlesic agreed with the Slovene minister that Croatia and Slovenia were small countries which share the same fate. She asserted Slovenia's experience in Euro-Atlantic associations could assist Croatia, and expressed hope the two countries would also establish a parliamentary cooperation in the field of state security. Anton Grizold also met Croatia's Deputy Prime Minister Goran Granic during his one-day official visit to Croatia, with whom he discussed intensifying military cooperation between the two countries. (hina) lml