"There was a clear sense from everyone around the table that Croatia has made great progress," the AP quoted Alliance spokesman James Appathurai as saying, following Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's meetings with NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council, the 26-nation Pact's principal decision-making body.
"Postojao je jasan dojam kod svih za stolom kako je Hrvatska ostvarila velik napredak", izjavio je glasnogovornik Saveza James Appathurai nakon sastanka hrvatskog premijera Ive Sanadera s glavnim tajnikom NATO-a Jaapom de Hoopom Schefferom i Sjevernoatlantskim vijećem, tijelom 26-članog Saveza za donošenje odluka, piše AP.