BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3179

HR-DEBATES-REPORTS-FOREIGN POLICY-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3179 BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3179HINA Zagreb February 18, 1999CRO MAIN FOREIGN POLICY AIMS ARE TO ENTER EU AND NATO - GRANICZAGREB, Feb 18 (Hina) - The chief goals of Croatia's foreign policy remain the admittance to the European Union (EU) and the NATO, along with the strengthening of Croatia's economic position in the world, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granic said in Zagreb on Thursday. Despite everything, the full membership in the EU and the NATO, understandably with all necessary steps which have to be taken in the meantime, remains our main and permanent strategic aim, Granic said addressing the Croatian National Sabor. On Thursday, Granic submitted a report on the foreign policy as well as on the relations between Croatia and Slovenia. The discussion on the foreign policy was demanded by the benches of the Opposition Six, while the debate on the Croatian-Slovene ties was required by the b