"Croatia is formalising its strategic goal of becoming an integral part of this new political entity," Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan said in Athens as he handed the one-page official application, co-signed by President Stipe Mesic, to his Greek counterpart Costas Simitis.
"Croatia isi concretizeaza obiectivul strategic, acela de a deveni parte integrala a acestei noi entitati politice", a declarat premierul croat Ivica Racan la Atena, cu ocazia inmanarii cererii oficiale de aderare semnata in comun cu presedintele Stipe Mesic, omologului sau grec, Costas Simitis.