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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06ZAGREB1004 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-24 06:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1026 |
SLOVENE BORDER: GOC PUSHING FOR ARBITRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While the annual summer political rhetoric about Croatia-Slovenia border disputes is as predictable as the flood of tourists to the coast, this year GoC officials have increasingly indicated that international arbitration is the only solution they will accept. A mid [...] |
2006-08-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SI HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1079 |
ANNUAL SUMMER BORDER SPAT ENDS AMICABLY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Croatian PM Sanader and Slovenian PM Jansa agreed September 2 to cooperate in a flood-control project on the banks of the Mura river, where uncertainty about precise border demarcation recently led to controversy. With both capitals returning to work after the summe [...] |
2006-09-08 12:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR SI REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1110 |
KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS - CROATIAN VIEW [...] (U) Post briefed MFA contacts on reftel points on August 22 and 28. Asst MFA for EU and NATO Member States Neven Pelicaric told Charge at time that the GoC appreciated the USG's continued engagement on this sensitive issue. 2. (C) COMMENT: While PM Sanader has made repeated media comments [...] |
2006-09-14 13:33:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1126 |
BORDER POLITICS TEST GOOD NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador raised the recent flare-up in Croatia's ongoing border dispute with Slovenia (reftels) on September 15 with MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic, urging continued high-level communication with Ljubljana and a measured and non-confrontational approach to the [...] |
2006-09-15 13:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1232 |
CROATIA RESOLVES BILATERAL ISSUE WITH ITALY; STILL [...] (U) Removing a bilateral irritant and potential obstacle to EU membership, the GOC announced October 9 that it would acknowledge by exchange of diplomatic notes with Italy that Croatian citizens face no obstacles buying real estate in Italy, and it will extend the principle of reciprocity to I [...] |
2006-10-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR IT REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1247 |
CROATS WELCOME DIALOGUE WITH US ON BOSNIAN ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During an October 9-10 visit to Zagreb, US Ambassador to BiH McElhaney updated top officials on USG views regarding BiH's future. He also called on Croatian political leaders to help encourage Bosnian Croats to support future constitutional reform efforts. The GoC, t [...] |
2006-10-16 08:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1307 |
AMB WISNER IN ZAGREB -- ENGAGING CROATIANS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Wisner's first visit to Zagreb is well timed, coming just days after President Bush's White House acknowledgement of Croatia's leadership role in regional stability during his meeting with PM Ivo Sanader. In addition, MP Milorad Pupovac, a leading represe [...] |
2006-10-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1322 |
CROATIAN COMMITMENT TO KOSOVO OUTREACH DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his October 29-30 visit to Zagreb, Ambassador Wisner secured the GoC's commitment to actively assist in the region in promoting acceptance of Kosovo's future final status package. In meetings with Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar Kita [...] |
2006-11-02 08:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1423 |
GOC PRESENTS BOSNIAN CROAT PROPOSAL FOR BIH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic briefed Charge d'Affaires November 30 on a two-option proposal from Bosnian Croat leaders for modifications that would enable them to support the BiH constitutional reform plan. Charge cautioned against calls to reopen the reform [...] |
2006-11-30 14:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB1439 |
MORE ON BOSNIAN CROAT PROPOSALS FOR BIH [...] (SBU) Ambassador met December 4 with MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic to follow up on Bosnian Croat proposals for amending the BiH constitutional reform package that Biscevic had given DCM November 30 (reftel). 2. (SBU) Parliamentary Houses: Biscevic confirmed that in the proposal th [...] |
2006-12-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB634 |
CROATIAN SUPPORT FOR NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following statement on May 22 (informal Embassy translation): -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia expresses its satisfaction regarding the establishment of a new Iraqi government led by Nou [...] |
2006-05-23 08:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM HR IZ REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB665 |
CROATIA WELCOMES MONTENEGRIN REFERENDUM RESULT [...] (U) The initial reaction of GOC officials toward the Montenegrin independence referendum, as reported by the press, has been generally positive. In a May 25 Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader issued a statement in support of the outcome of Montenegro's Referendum on Independence. Th [...] |
2006-05-30 07:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB697 |
(C) EU TRIOKA DEMARCHES CROATIAN MFA REGARDING [...] (C) European Union troika ambassadors told the MFA last week that signing an article 98 agreement with the United States would jeopardize Croatia's accession to the EU, an MFA official (protect) told the DCM June 7. The EU ambassadors told Assistant Minister for the European Union and Europea [...] |
2006-06-08 14:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR HR EUN REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB721 |
Croatia recognizes Montenegro [...] The Government of Croatia (GOC) convened an extraordinary session on June 12 to recognize Montenegro as an independent and sovereign state. The decision was preceded by a meeting between President Mesic and Prime Minister Sanader where the pair agreed that the GOC should go ahead and recogn [...] |
2006-06-13 12:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB780 |
SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC'S VISIT TO CROATIA: A [...] (U) Serbian President Boris Tadic visited Croatia on June 27, meeting with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and traveling with President Mesic to the town of Knin, where the two statesmen met with ethnic Serb returnees. While the visit was held in a highly positive atmosph [...] |
2006-06-30 13:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB786 |
CROATIAN GOVERNMENT WELCOMES INVITATION TO JULY [...] (SBU) DCM and Canadian counterpart delivered reftel invitation and agenda to MFA Assistant Minister for International Organizations Pjer Simunovic on June 29. Simunovic, who visited the Croatian ISAF contingent earlier this year, expressed support for the conference objectives. The GOC will d [...] |
2006-06-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC NATO HR AF REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB820 |
CROATIA ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN NATO TRUST [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar- Kitarovic briefed members of the diplomatic corps July 4 about Croatia's participation in the NATO trust fund for Bosnia and Herzegovina. She noted that Croatia had benefited from such assistance in the past and could now offer financial a [...] |
2006-07-06 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS NATO ZL HR BK REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB837 |
"CROATIA SUMMIT 2006" REAFFIRMS REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prime Ministers of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania and Albania and the President of Georgia, plus representatives of NATO, the EU, the USG and leaders of international organizations attended the Croatia Summit 2006, devoted to "Completing Europe's Southern Dimens [...] |
2006-07-12 13:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB897 |
CROATIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ TO PRESENT CREDENTIALS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (C) Newly-appointed Croatian Ambassador to Iraq Jerko Vukas will travel to Baghdad August 01-03 in order to present his credentials and open direct diplomatic contact with the Iraqi Government. Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs [...] |
2006-07-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ASEC IZ HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB898 |
NEW PAGE IN RELATIONS WITH SERBIA? [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: PM Ivo Sanader capped a recent surge in bilateral contact between Serbia and Croatia by opening the new Bajakovo-Batrovci border crossing with Serbian PM Kostunica on July 21 and traveling to Belgrade for meetings with both Kostunica and Serbian President Tadic. While [...] |
2006-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC SR HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 06ZAGREB904 |
CROATIAN DELEGATION TO IRAQ - AGENDA [...] (C) Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic advised PolOff July 28 that the delegation he will lead to Baghdad August 1-3 (reftel) has secured all necessary appointments through the Polish Embassy in Baghdad to enable Croatian Ambassador to Iraq Jerko Vukas to present his credenti [...] |
2006-07-28 09:43:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ASEC IZ HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB122 |
CROATIA AND SLOVENIA AT ODDS OVER MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: The long-standing dispute between Croatia and Slovenia over their maritime boundary flared up this week when the GOC renewed a 2001 concession to its national oil and gas company INA for exploration in the Northern Adriatic. With rhetoric that was more heated than usual in this [...] |
2007-02-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT ENRG ECON HR SI REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB137 |
CROATIAN MINISTERS SUPPORT A-3 PROCESS IN TALLINN, OFFER TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At the February 5-6 ministerial meeting in Tallinn of the U.S.-Adriatic Charter members and observers with the three new Baltic NATO members, Croatian Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Defense Minister Berislav Roncevic expressed the GOC's strong determi [...] |
2007-02-08 06:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB149 |
CROATIANS FULLY SUPPORTIV ON AHTISAARI PLAN FOR [...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, DCM February 2 briefed MFA Assistant Minister for Europe Neven Pelicaric about US views on the Ahtisaari proposal on Kosovo's final status. 2. (C) Pelicaric said the GOC would fully support the Contact Group position on the issue. He felt this was an excellent [...] |
2007-02-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB167 |
PRESIDENTIAL SPARRING IN THE PRESS OVER ANNUAL [...] (SBU) In a sharply worded statement February 12, Croatian President Mesic expressed "unpleasant surprise" at Italian President Napolitano's remarks at the annual February 10 Italian commemoration of ugly WWII-era massacres of Italians by Yugoslav anti-fascist Partisans. The Croatian press in [...] |
2007-02-14 14:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB168 |
CROATIAN PRESIDENT SUPPORTS AHTISAARI PLAN FOR [...] (U) Ambassador met July 13 with President Stjepan Mesic to discuss the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo final status. Other issues covered septel. 2. (C) The Ambassador began by noting that he had been in touch with US Kosovo envoy Frank Wisner, who had expressed appreciation for presidential f [...] |
2007-02-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR YI REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB218 |
CROATIAN PM NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT USG HOPES FOR [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met March 2 with PM Ivo Sanader to discuss the way ahead on Bosnian constitutional reform, promoting the existing package of US-brokered reform measures as laid out in ref A. 2. (C) Sanader said the USG-supported revisions would not succeed and would be a divisive ele [...] |
2007-03-05 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PINR BK EUN HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB220 |
SEECP FOREIGN MINISTERS MOVE POSITIVELY ON STABILITY PACT [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The March 2 SEECP Foreign Ministers meeting in Zagreb saw positive movement on the Stability Pact transition process to a new SEECP-led regional cooperation framework. The Ministers approved a methodology for selecting both the new Secretary General and the location [...] |
2007-03-06 07:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB225 |
CROATIAN PM TELLS AMBASSADOR CROATIA SUPPORTS [...] (C) During a meeting on other subjects (septel) March 2, Croatian PM Ivo Sanader told the Ambassador that Croatia completely supported the Ahtisaari plan on Kosovo's final status. Belgrade was upset with the GOC over their public support for Ahtisaari, which Sanader said he regretted, but San [...] |
2007-03-06 12:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN HR YI REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB258 |
CROATIA NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH MONTENEGRO [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since Montenegro's independence in 2006, Croatian leaders have moved quickly to normalize relations with Podgorica. This positive dialogue intensified in 2007 with official visits to Montenegro by PM Ivo Sanader and Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, and was capped [...] |
2007-03-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC MW HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB275 |
CROATIA PROMOTES REGIONAL COOPERATION FOR TRANSPORT OF [...] (U) The Croatian State Institute for Radiation Protection, and the Office for Nuclear Safety, organized a March 20-21 meeting of representatives from Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia to discuss cooperation in the control of transport of heavy metal waste a [...] |
2007-03-22 14:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB380 |
JUSTICE AND INTERIOR MINISTERS TO CONTINUE REGIONAL [...] (U) In its capacity as Chair-in-office of the SouthEast Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP), Croatia hosted an April 13 conference of SEECP justice and interior ministers in Zagreb to discuss regional co-operation in judicial reform and combating cross-border crime and illegal migration. Prime [...] |
2007-04-18 06:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB389 |
ICRC CLOSES IN CROATIA, BUT SEARCH FOR THE MISSING [...] The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formally closed its door in Croatia on April 13, after being present in the country for more than 15 years. Although its regional office in Budapest will continue to follow developments in tracing missing persons in Croatia, the ICRC databas [...] |
2007-04-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB521 |
PARTICIPATION IN THE OSCE HEADS OF MISSION VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-25 15:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM OSCE BO HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB524 |
CROATIA ENTHUSIASTICALLY INAUGURATES NEW REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As Chair of the South East Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP), the GOC hosted a May 11 Zagreb Summit to strengthen regional cooperation by establishing a Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) under SEECP auspices to replace the Stability Pact in early 2008. Coinciding w [...] |
2007-05-30 15:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB530 |
CROATIA AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] Pol Counselor delivered reftel information to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Director of MFA PSI Non-proliferation Department on May 30, 2007. Explanatory notes, calendar and the plan of work (received by e-mail from ISN/WMDT on May 23) were delivered to the same office on May 24. Ms. Bujas-Juraga note [...] |
2007-05-31 14:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARM PREL HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
| 07ZAGREB752 |
KOSOVO NEXT STEPS -- CROATIAN REACTION [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to MFA Asst Minister for International Organizations and Security Pjer Simunovic in August 8 introductory call. Simunovic stressed GoC support for the strategy, pointing out that the GoC's overriding interests related to Kosovo's future are stability and the fu [...] |
2007-08-09 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KV PREL YI UN EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES |