Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ZAGREB475
2006-04-13 13:14:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Zagreb
Cable title:
CROATIA,S ANTI-TIP AND POLICE REFORM EFFORTS GET
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UNCLAS ZAGREB 000475
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE, INL/AAE, INL/RM, NP/ECC, AND G/TIP
JUSTICE FOR ICITAP
SARAJEVO FOR LEGATT AND ICITAP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL ETTC HR
SUBJECT: CROATIA,S ANTI-TIP AND POLICE REFORM EFFORTS GET
BOOST AT DONATION CEREMONY
REF: 05 STATE 140576
UNCLAS ZAGREB 000475
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE, INL/AAE, INL/RM, NP/ECC, AND G/TIP
JUSTICE FOR ICITAP
SARAJEVO FOR LEGATT AND ICITAP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL ETTC HR
SUBJECT: CROATIA,S ANTI-TIP AND POLICE REFORM EFFORTS GET
BOOST AT DONATION CEREMONY
REF: 05 STATE 140576
1. (U) Ambassador Frank and Minister of Interior Ivica Kirin
gave Croatia,s anti-TIP efforts a strong push on April 11
with a public ceremony to mark the handover of FBI-funded
computer equipment to the Croatian police (MUP). Most of the
major print media covered the donation, and several local
radio stations that Post has not seen at other USG public
events covered the donation ceremony.
2. (U) The Ambassador and Minister also signed the Additional
Protocol to the Letter of Agreement (reftel) extending
post,s INL-supported, SEED-funded ICITAP police reform
program. Per reftel instructions, post will forward the
signed original via pouch to INL/RM.
3. (SBU) In a private meeting following the ceremony (see
also Septel),Minister Kirin and Police Director General
Marijan Benko praised bilateral police cooperation and the
ICITAP program, and asked that the USG continue to support
police reform in Croatia through targeted training, police
academy development, and additional equipment donations,
particularly for border security operations.
FRANK
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE, INL/AAE, INL/RM, NP/ECC, AND G/TIP
JUSTICE FOR ICITAP
SARAJEVO FOR LEGATT AND ICITAP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL ETTC HR
SUBJECT: CROATIA,S ANTI-TIP AND POLICE REFORM EFFORTS GET
BOOST AT DONATION CEREMONY
REF: 05 STATE 140576
1. (U) Ambassador Frank and Minister of Interior Ivica Kirin
gave Croatia,s anti-TIP efforts a strong push on April 11
with a public ceremony to mark the handover of FBI-funded
computer equipment to the Croatian police (MUP). Most of the
major print media covered the donation, and several local
radio stations that Post has not seen at other USG public
events covered the donation ceremony.
2. (U) The Ambassador and Minister also signed the Additional
Protocol to the Letter of Agreement (reftel) extending
post,s INL-supported, SEED-funded ICITAP police reform
program. Per reftel instructions, post will forward the
signed original via pouch to INL/RM.
3. (SBU) In a private meeting following the ceremony (see
also Septel),Minister Kirin and Police Director General
Marijan Benko praised bilateral police cooperation and the
ICITAP program, and asked that the USG continue to support
police reform in Croatia through targeted training, police
academy development, and additional equipment donations,
particularly for border security operations.
FRANK