ANCORA SULL'ASSALTO ALL'AMBASCIATA CROATA:
SCONTRI TRA TIFOSI DI PALLAMANO DOPO LA VITTORIA
SERBOMONTENEGRINA ALLA FINALE DEGLI EUROPEI
SVILANOVIC FIERCELY CONDEMNS INCIDENTS IN BELGRADE
BELGRADE, June 16 (Beta) - On June 16, Serbia&Montenegro Foreign
Minister Goran Svilanovic fiercely condemned the incidents in front of
the Croatian Embassy in Belgrade in the evening on June 15, stressing
that he hoped they would not affect bilateral relations.
After the Serbia&Montenegro waterpolo team's victory against
the Croats in the European Championship finals in Kranj (Slovenia) and
the serious incidents provoked by Croatian fans, a group of Belgrade
fans broke windows on the Croatian Embassy and took down the emblem and
flag of Croatia and raised the Serbian flag.
Svilanovic said the country had been working very hard for
three years to improve relations with Croatia. He said he hoped
cooperation with Zagreb would continue in the second half of this year.
"We are determined to keep improving relations between
Serbia&Montenegro and Croatia, and we do regret this incident and
fiercely condemn it," Svilanovic said.
SCG STRONGLY CONDEMNS INCIDENT OUTSIDE CROATIAN EMBASSY IN BELGRADE
BELGRADE, June 16 (Tanjug) - Serbia and Montenegro's (SCG)
Foreign Ministry released on Monday a statement strongly condemning
the incident that occurred outside Croatia's Embassy in Belgrade on
Sunday night.
On this occasion, the Ministry conveyed to Croatia's
Ambassador to the SCG Davor Bozinovic and the Foreign Ministry its
regrets for the incidents. Ambassador Bozinovic was informed about the
measures the competent organs had taken to reveal and punish the
perpetrators of the incident, the statement said. The SCG Foreign
Ministry assessed that a considerable progress had been made in
bilateral relations between the SCG and Croatia, and that the incident
would not jeopardize the positive development of mutual relations.
RACAN REGRETS INCIDENTS AFTER WATERPOLO FINALS
KRANJ, June 16 (Beta) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan said on
June 16, that he deeply regretted the events at the European WaterPolo
Championship finals in Kranj between the national teams of Croatia and
Serbia&Montenegro.
Racan said that on June 18, the Croatian government would
debate a draft law on the prevention of incidents at sports venues.
At a press conference in the government building, Racan
congratulated the national team on the silver medal. He stressed that
the waterpolo players represented Croatia extremely well, while on the
other hand, a group of fans failed to do so during the finals.
MONTENEGRIN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS ATTACK ON CROATIA'S EMBASSY IN
BELGRADE
PODGORICA, June 16 (Tanjug) - Montenegro's Foreign Ministry
confirmed on Monday that the visit to Podgorica by Croatia's Foreign
Minister Tonino Picula, planned for June 16-17, was postponed based on
a mutual agreement but at the proposal of the Croatian side, owing to
the attack on the Croatian Embassy building in Belgrade on Sunday night.
The statement released by the Montenegrin Foreign Ministry said
that a new date for Minister Picula's visit would be set by the two
ministries later on. The Ministry also strongly condemned the hooligan
behavior outside Croatia's Embassy in Belgrade, which resulted in
damages of the building itself and a desecration of Croatia's flag and
coat of arms. Montenegro's Foreign Ministry assessed that "the attack
on the embassy and the desecration of Croatia's symbols are serious
violations of obligations that the hosting country has under the Vienna
Convention on diplomatic relations".
The riots outside Croatia's Embassy in Belgrade broke out
following the final match between the national teams of Serbia and
Montenegro and Croatia at the European waterpolo championship in Kranj,
Slovenia, during which violence broke out by supporters of Croatia's
national team, who were dissatisfied with the defeat of their team.
SCONTRI TRA TIFOSI DI PALLAMANO DOPO LA VITTORIA
SERBOMONTENEGRINA ALLA FINALE DEGLI EUROPEI
SVILANOVIC FIERCELY CONDEMNS INCIDENTS IN BELGRADE
BELGRADE, June 16 (Beta) - On June 16, Serbia&Montenegro Foreign
Minister Goran Svilanovic fiercely condemned the incidents in front of
the Croatian Embassy in Belgrade in the evening on June 15, stressing
that he hoped they would not affect bilateral relations.
After the Serbia&Montenegro waterpolo team's victory against
the Croats in the European Championship finals in Kranj (Slovenia) and
the serious incidents provoked by Croatian fans, a group of Belgrade
fans broke windows on the Croatian Embassy and took down the emblem and
flag of Croatia and raised the Serbian flag.
Svilanovic said the country had been working very hard for
three years to improve relations with Croatia. He said he hoped
cooperation with Zagreb would continue in the second half of this year.
"We are determined to keep improving relations between
Serbia&Montenegro and Croatia, and we do regret this incident and
fiercely condemn it," Svilanovic said.
SCG STRONGLY CONDEMNS INCIDENT OUTSIDE CROATIAN EMBASSY IN BELGRADE
BELGRADE, June 16 (Tanjug) - Serbia and Montenegro's (SCG)
Foreign Ministry released on Monday a statement strongly condemning
the incident that occurred outside Croatia's Embassy in Belgrade on
Sunday night.
On this occasion, the Ministry conveyed to Croatia's
Ambassador to the SCG Davor Bozinovic and the Foreign Ministry its
regrets for the incidents. Ambassador Bozinovic was informed about the
measures the competent organs had taken to reveal and punish the
perpetrators of the incident, the statement said. The SCG Foreign
Ministry assessed that a considerable progress had been made in
bilateral relations between the SCG and Croatia, and that the incident
would not jeopardize the positive development of mutual relations.
RACAN REGRETS INCIDENTS AFTER WATERPOLO FINALS
KRANJ, June 16 (Beta) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan said on
June 16, that he deeply regretted the events at the European WaterPolo
Championship finals in Kranj between the national teams of Croatia and
Serbia&Montenegro.
Racan said that on June 18, the Croatian government would
debate a draft law on the prevention of incidents at sports venues.
At a press conference in the government building, Racan
congratulated the national team on the silver medal. He stressed that
the waterpolo players represented Croatia extremely well, while on the
other hand, a group of fans failed to do so during the finals.
MONTENEGRIN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS ATTACK ON CROATIA'S EMBASSY IN
BELGRADE
PODGORICA, June 16 (Tanjug) - Montenegro's Foreign Ministry
confirmed on Monday that the visit to Podgorica by Croatia's Foreign
Minister Tonino Picula, planned for June 16-17, was postponed based on
a mutual agreement but at the proposal of the Croatian side, owing to
the attack on the Croatian Embassy building in Belgrade on Sunday night.
The statement released by the Montenegrin Foreign Ministry said
that a new date for Minister Picula's visit would be set by the two
ministries later on. The Ministry also strongly condemned the hooligan
behavior outside Croatia's Embassy in Belgrade, which resulted in
damages of the building itself and a desecration of Croatia's flag and
coat of arms. Montenegro's Foreign Ministry assessed that "the attack
on the embassy and the desecration of Croatia's symbols are serious
violations of obligations that the hosting country has under the Vienna
Convention on diplomatic relations".
The riots outside Croatia's Embassy in Belgrade broke out
following the final match between the national teams of Serbia and
Montenegro and Croatia at the European waterpolo championship in Kranj,
Slovenia, during which violence broke out by supporters of Croatia's
national team, who were dissatisfied with the defeat of their team.