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PRECONDITION FOR ECONOMIC SUCCESS IS NATIONAL CONSENSUS -- PICULA

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ZAGREB/DUBLIN, March 28 (Hina) - Croatia cannot fully repeat Ireland's economic success, but can learn from it. Its precondition was a general social consensus in which all thought only about the benefits for Ireland instead of personal selfish political gain, Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula told Hina in a telephone conversation from Dublin, Wednesday. During his two-day official visit to Ireland, which ended Wednesday, Picula held talks with his counterpart Brian Cowen, speaker of the Irish Parliament and other senior political and economy officials. Speaking about the Irish economic miracle, Picula said "we should not bear illusions that Croatia can repeat the process in full, as there is no need for that, but some Irish solutions can certainly inspire us". The Irish economy boom was in great affected by the fact that the country opened its doors to foreign capital, and within the EU it is kn
ZAGREB/DUBLIN, March 28 (Hina) - Croatia cannot fully repeat Ireland's economic success, but can learn from it. Its precondition was a general social consensus in which all thought only about the benefits for Ireland instead of personal selfish political gain, Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula told Hina in a telephone conversation from Dublin, Wednesday. During his two-day official visit to Ireland, which ended Wednesday, Picula held talks with his counterpart Brian Cowen, speaker of the Irish Parliament and other senior political and economy officials. Speaking about the Irish economic miracle, Picula said "we should not bear illusions that Croatia can repeat the process in full, as there is no need for that, but some Irish solutions can certainly inspire us". The Irish economy boom was in great affected by the fact that the country opened its doors to foreign capital, and within the EU it is known as a country with a very low tax rate. Croatia's Foreign Minister warned that the Irish economic success did not happen over night, but was "a vision which was affirmed almost a quarter of a century". Only a little more than a year has passed since the establishment of the present government authorities in Croatia, he recalled. "However, this is no alibi for us not to think bout what the Irish have done in the past period," Picula stressed. The Irish have offered to in the future be more active in the development of economic and political events in Croatia, and to provide more and various assistance during our path to the EU, he asserted. During all his talks in Dublin today, Picula's Irish collocutors showed great interest in the situation in the region. They were especially interested in the ways in which Croatia can contribute to the fight against illegal migrations and trafficking with illegal substances. Picula said Croatia was prepared for full cooperation to solve this problem, but also warned that, considering its limited budgetary resources and a very stretched land border with two emissive areas of illegal migrations, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Yugoslavia, Croatia was in no shape to handle the problem on its own. The Irish side offered guarantees to advocate within the EU that Croatia be helped in the fight, Picula said. The Irish side commended Croatia on its foreign policy and gave it its full support, Picula said, adding, however, that bilateral cooperation has so far been utterly insufficient, which is proven by the fact that not one economic agreement has been signed between the two countries. "We don't even have a basic agreement package, but we have now drawn closer to signing two -- the agreement on air traffic and on avoiding double taxation," the Croatian Foreign Minister said. He added the present political circumstances are such as to have this cooperation confirmed in many more fields than previously. The Irish expressed readiness to improve cooperation with Croatia in the fields of finances, energy supply, and especially tourism, they are interested in the privatisation process, and even direct investments into Croatia are not ruled out, Picula said. He said the Irish side was very satisfied with the fact that a Croatian embassy will be opened in Dublin in May, during a visit by Croatia's Premier Ivica Racan. (hina) lml

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