ZAGREB, Feb 3 (Hina) - Russia supports the Croatian government's
letter of intent to the UN Security Council on the completion of
the peaceful reintegration of UN-administered eastern Croatia and
considers it a good foundation for the completion of the process,
Russian ambassador to Croatia Alexander Georgievich Axenyonok said
in Zagreb on Monday.
The letter is a sign of the good will of the Croatian
government and a good foundation for further steps in the peaceful
reintegration and for the acceleration of this process, Axenyonok
told reporters after talks with Croatian Deputy Prime Minister
Ivica Kostovic on the peaceful reintegration process and upcoming
local elections.
Journalists asked the ambassador, who is also Russia's
special envoy for the Croatian Danubian area, to explain his
country's stance in the Security Council during the adoption of a
presidential statement on the Croatian government's letter and to
answer whether Russia would continue to support unrealistic demands
by the Serbs in the Danubian area.
Russia took an active part in the passage of the presidential
statement and wanted to ensure the fulfilment of guarantees given
to the Serb population in the region, Axenyonok said.
Russia proposed its draft of the presidential statement in
which the Croatian government and the local Serbs were treated as
equal subjects, supporting Serb demands for establishing a single
county in the area and for holding elections when conditions had
been met.
Commenting on Russia's stance during the passage of the
presidential statement, Kostovic said: "That's behind us. We have a
presidential statement of the UN Security Council which is
favourable to Croatia."
"We have given the ambassador guarantees that all the views
from the letter of intent are practicable," Kostovic said, adding
that Axenyonok would relay a clear message to the Serbs to renounce
their unrealistic demands.
Axenyonok declined to comment on the latest incidents in the
UN-administered region caused by Serbs, including the planting of
explosive devices and killings, asserting that there was no
information about what had really happened there.
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