ZAGREB, 27 Nov (Hina) - Our aim is to completely integrate the Croatian Danubian area into Croatia's legal and constitutional system in a peaceful way and in line with Croatian state and national interests, Foreign Minister Mate
Granic stated Wednesday, delivering his Report on the adoption of the U.N. Security Council Resolution on the extension of U.N. mandate in eastern Slavonia (UNTAES) until 15 July 1997, in the Parliament House of Representatives. He added he firmly believed in President Tudjman's words that Croatian authorities would return to Vukovar and the whole of Croatian Danubian area before 15 July 1997.
ZAGREB, 27 Nov (Hina) - Our aim is to completely integrate the
Croatian Danubian area into Croatia's legal and constitutional
system in a peaceful way and in line with Croatian state and
national interests, Foreign Minister Mate Granic stated Wednesday,
delivering his Report on the adoption of the U.N. Security Council
Resolution on the extension of U.N. mandate in eastern Slavonia
(UNTAES) until 15 July 1997, in the Parliament House of
Representatives. He added he firmly believed in President Tudjman's
words that Croatian authorities would return to Vukovar and the
whole of Croatian Danubian area before 15 July 1997. #L#
The time of major moves is behind us, Granic said, adding that
one should be responsible towards the present generation about the
date of the establishment of Croatian authority in the Danubian
area and on the Danube, but also to all future generations about
the date of Croatia's full admission into Europe, the European
Union and NATO.
In this moment, it is no longer a question of when and how we
will reach our strategic aim of entering the Croatian Danubian
area, as it is only a matter of time. There is absolutely no doubt,
in the light of the Normalisation Agreement and the latest U.N.
Resolution, that the Croatian Danubian area is part of Croatia and
that it will remain part of Croatia, Granic stressed.
Croatia guarantees all human and minority rights, including
the right to cultural autonomy, to all members of the Serb minority
and Croatian citizens, in line with the Croatian Constitution and
the Constitutional law and European standards, Granic stressed.
However, 'any kind of political autonomy is out of the
question, not only because there is no reasons or justification
for it, but because it would considerably destabilize the region'.
Croatia will be responsible in its cooperation with the
international community. When it comes to vital, strategic
interests of the Croatian state and people, that cooperation will
in no case mean lenience, Granic said.
Croatia is very interested in joining the mainstream of the
European integration process, with the ultimate aim of full
membership in the European Union, Granic said.
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