Croatia expects NATO invitation in 2008

Croatia's foreign minister says she expects her country to be invited to join the NATO military alliance next April.

Izvor: Voice of America

Sunday, 14.10.2007.

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Croatia's foreign minister says she expects her country to be invited to join the NATO military alliance next April. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic said on Saturday that Croatia, together with Albania and Macedonia, expected to receive a formal invitation for membership at the next NATO summit in Bucharest. Croatia expects NATO invitation in 2008 Grabar-Kitarovic made the statement after a meeting with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rosemary DiCarlo in the Croatian port of Split. DiCarlo said the United States would make every effort to help the three eastern European nations become the best possible candidates by April 2008. She said joining NATO and the European Union was important for the region's long-term stability. DiCarlo attended a meeting in Croatia of foreign and defense ministers from the three countries with their counterparts from the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. In May 2003, Albania, Croatia and Macedonia signed the so-called Adriatic Charter with the United States, aimed at facilitating their entry into NATO.

Croatia expects NATO invitation in 2008

Grabar-Kitarović made the statement after a meeting with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rosemary DiCarlo in the Croatian port of Split.

DiCarlo said the United States would make every effort to help the three eastern European nations become the best possible candidates by April 2008. She said joining NATO and the European Union was important for the region's long-term stability.

DiCarlo attended a meeting in Croatia of foreign and defense ministers from the three countries with their counterparts from the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

In May 2003, Albania, Croatia and Macedonia signed the so-called Adriatic Charter with the United States, aimed at facilitating their entry into NATO.

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