Brussels, 07/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Friday the Office of the European People's Party (EPP) met with the Croatian foreign affairs minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and adopted an initiative by CDU MEPs Elmar Brok, Doris Pack and Michael Gahler, for a resolution requesting the “unconditional opening of negotiations for Croatia's accession to the EU” on 17 March.
On the same day in Zagreb, the EU/Croatia Parliamentary Committee said in a declaration that it expected Croatia to fully cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and that the competent authorities pursue war criminals in domestic courts, “in line with Croatian obligations towards the ICTY”.