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.
Brisel je jasno stavio do znanja da početak pregovora zavisi od pune saradnje sa Haškim tribunalom, a posebno od hapšenja i izručenja haškog begunca, generala Ante Gotovine.