EMBASSY ZAGREB RECOMMENDED PARTICIPANTS FOR OSCE

UNCLAS ZAGREB 000020 SIPDIS SENSITIVE FOR EUR/RPM (ROSS TAGGART/RICHARD PROSEN/ERIC STONE),S/CT (SHARRI CLARK/DON KURSCH),USOSCE (ANDREW HYDE/JULIE RASCHKA) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PTER OSCE HR SUBJECT: EMBASSY ZAGREB RECOMMENDED PARTICIPANTS FOR OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP REF: STATE 115646 1, (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Zagreb nominates the following individuals to attend the 11-12 February 2010 OSCE counterterrorism workshop in Vienna. ¶2. (SBU) Tihomir Lulic, (DOB: July 9, 1976; POB: Osijek, Croatia). Lulic has worked on counterterrorism issues for the MFA for 7 years. He served as the Head of Section for the Security Council office for MFA during Croatia's non-permanent membership on the UNSC, where the GoC's theme for its chairmanship was counterterrorism. He helps manage Croatia's counterterrorism coordination as a member of the GoC's interagency working group on the suppression of terrorism in which MFA is the lead agency. ¶3. (SBU) Renate Juric, (DOB: October 28, 1964; POB: Split, Croatia). Juric is the Head of the Division that covers counterterrorism at the Croatian Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA). She has long -term experience working on counterterrorism issues for SOA. ¶4. (SBU) Both candidates speak English and are in a position to influence policy. Both have been involved in developing the Croatian national strategy for the suppression of terrorism, which includes the protection of critical infrastructure in partnership with the private sector as one of the main pillars of Croatia's national counterterrorism priorities. They are also both currently working on drafting an action plan for the Croatian national counterterrorism strategy. WALKER