Brussels has made it clear that the launch of talks depends on Croatia's full co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and particularly the arrest and handover of fugitive General Ante Gotovina.
Brussels je jasno naglasio kako početak pregovora ovisi o potpunoj suradnji Hrvatske s Međunarodnim kaznenim sudom za ratne zločine na području bivše Jugoslavije (ICTY), te posebice o uhićenju i predaji odbjeglog generala Ante Gotovine.