"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 osećaj kod svih za stolom da je Hrvatska ostvarila veliki napredak", izjavio je portparol Alijanse Džejms Apaturaj posle sastanaka hrvatskog premijera Ive Sanadera sa generalnim sekretarom NATO-a Japom de Hop Sheferom i Severnoatlantskim savetom, telom 26-člane Alijanse za donošenje odluka, piše AP.