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04ZAGREB847 2004-05-13 09:32 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Zagreb
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ZAGREB 000847 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
STATE PASS USAID/ANNE CONVERY 
BELGRADE FOR MSALVETTI 
BUDAPEST FOR KPOSNER-MULLEN 
LJUBLJANA FOR SGONZALEZ 
SARAJEVO FOR MBOYNTON 
 
    E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV EAID ECIN EWWT PREL HR
SUBJECT: PERMANENT SAVA COMMISSION HAS CROATIAN SUPPORT BUT 
NEEDS CHAMPION 
 
REF: STATE 90991 
 
1.  (U) THE FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO REFTEL QUESTIONS ON THE 
STATUS OF THE SAVA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE AND THE 
ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT COMMISSION IN ZAGREB. 
 
SUMMARY 
------- 
 
2.  ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN 
COMMISSION WITH A SECRETARIAT IN ZAGREB HAS BROAD SUPPORT 
AT THE WORKING LEVEL.  SHIFTING PERSONNEL IN THE SENIOR 
LEVELS OF THE GOC, COMBINED WITH A COMPLICATED DISTRIBUTION 
OF RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG THREE MINISTRIES, HAVE PRECLUDED 
A STRONG STATEMENT OF POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR THE INITIATIVE 
SINCE THE HDZ-LED GOVERNMENT CAME TO POWER EARLIER THIS 
YEAR.  WHILE THE GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS ITS SUPPORT FOR THE 
SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION IN ZAGREB, THE PERMANENT COMMISSION 
 
SIPDIS 
HAS EFFECTIVELY BEEN PUT ON HOLD PENDING RATIFICATION OF 
THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BY SERBIA AND 
MONTENEGRO.  END SUMMARY. 
 
PERMANENT SECRETARIAT IN ZAGREB IS "ALREADY SETTLED"... 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
 
3.  IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, WE SPOKE WITH KARMEN CERAR, 
    SENIOR ADVISOR IN THE DIRECTORATE OF WATER MANAGEMENT, 
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND WATER MANAGEMENT; 
NEVEN GRUBISIC, ADVISOR IN THE MINISTRY OF MARITIME 
AFFAIRS, TOURISM, TRANSPORT, AND DEVELOPMENT; SPOMENKA CEK, 
NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR THE STABILITY PACT IN THE MINISTRY 
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS; AND MELITA ZIZANOVIC-DAKIC, LEGAL 
ADVISOR IN THE MFA, TO ASSESS PROGRESS TOWARDS ESTABLISHING 
A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION.  ALL FOUR 
CONFIRMED CROATIA'S RESOLVE TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORING 
RIPARIAN STATES TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN 
COMMISSION. 
 
4.  CERAR CONFIRMED GOC SUPPORT FOR ZAGREB AS THE 
SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION, ADDING THAT A PHYSICAL LOCATION ON 
 
SIPDIS 
PANTOVCAK STREET HAS ALREADY BEEN SELECTED; HOWEVER, SHE 
CAUTIONED THAT CROATIAN ENTHUSIASM FOR THE PERMANENT 
COMMISSION COULD NOT PROCEED WITHOUT SAM RATIFICATION OF 
THE IFA.  MOREOVER, CERAR NOTED THAT A DIPLOMATIC NOTE 
CONFIRMING CROATIA'S SUPPORT WAS UNNECESSARY, AS THE GOC'S 
RATIFICATION OF THE IFA FULLY DEMONSTRATED THE NECESSARY 
POLITICAL WILL TO PROCEED.  GRUBISIC SAID THAT THE QUESTION 
OF THE SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION WAS ABOVE ALL LEGAL AND THAT 
THE MFA WAS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO 
THE PERMANENT COMMISSION'S STATUS.  CEK AFFIRMED MFA'S 
READINESS TO PROCEED WITH THE PERMANENT COMMISSION AND EVEN 
ANNOUNCED THAT OFFICE SPACE FOR TEN HAD BEEN PREPARED. 
ZIZANOVIC-DAKIC AT THE MFA CONFIRMED THAT THE ISSUE OF THE 
SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION IN ZAGREB WAS "ALREADY SETTLED." 
 
SIPDIS 
 
...LESS SO THE DIVISION OF LABOR 
-------------------------------- 

4.  AUTHORITY FOR OVERSEEING THE SAVA RIVER BASIN 
INITIATIVE IS CURRENTLY DIVIDED AMONG THE MINISTRIES OF 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AGRICULTURE AND MARITIME AFFAIRS.  MFA HAS 
THUS FAR PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE LEGAL ASPECT, INCLUDING 
THE DRAFTING OF THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT.  MFA WILL RETAIN 
LEAD AUTHORITY ON THE INITIATIVE UNTIL SAM RATIFICATION IS 
COMPLETED.  WORKING LEVEL RESPONSIBILITY IS DIVIDED BY AREA 
OF TECHNICAL COMPETENCE: WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT, FLOOD 
CONTROL, AND WATER QUALITY ARE HANDLED THROUGH THE 
DIRECTORATE FOR WATER MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE MINISTRY OF 
AGRICULTURE WHILE NAVIGATION AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES ARE 
HANDLED THROUGH THE MARITIME MINISTRY.  A/M FOR 
TRANSPORTATION ANDRIJA BEDNJICKI (MARITIME MINISTRY) AND 
DEPUTY COMMISSION MEMBER ZELJKO OSTOJIC (AGRICULTURE 
MINISTRY) HAVE BEEN THE HIGHEST-LEVEL GOC REPRESENTATIVES 
ON THE INTERIM COMMISSION AND ARE LIKELY TO REPRESENT THE 
GOC TO THE PERMANENT COMMISSION UPON ITS ESTABLISHMENT. 
WHILE BOTH CERAR AND GRUBISIC EXPRESSED THEIR MINISTRIES' 
ENTHUSIASM, GRUBISIC SAID THE MARITIME MINISTRY FELT "A 
LITTLE MARGINALIZED" BY THE "POLITICIANS" IN THE MFA WHO 
SEEMED MORE EAGER TO FOCUS ON THE POLITICALLY PROMINENT 
FLOODING PROBLEM RATHER THAN MORE TECHNICAL TRANSPORTATION 
PROJECTS. 
 
ZAGREB 00000847  001.2 OF 002 
 
IATIVE AND THE 
ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT COMMISSION IN ZAGREB. 
 
SUMMARY 
------- 
 
2.  ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN 
COMMISSION WITH A SECRETARIAT IN ZAGREB HAS BROAD SUPPORT 
AT THE WORKING LEVEL.  SHIFTING PERSONNEL IN THE SENIOR 
LEVELS OF THE GOC, COMBINED WITH A COMPLICATED DISTRIBUTION 
OF RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG THREE MINISTRIES, HAVE PRECLUDED 
A STRONG STATEMENT OF POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR THE INITIATIVE 
SINCE THE HDZ-LED GOVERNMENT CAME TO POWER EARLIER THIS 
YEAR.  WHILE THE GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS ITS SUPPORT FOR THE 
 SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION IN ZAGREB, THE PERMANENT COMMISSION 
HAS EFFECTIVELY BEEN PUT ON HOLD PENDING RATIFICATION OF 
THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BY SERBIA AND 
MONTENEGRO.  END SUMMARY. 
 
PERMANENT SECRETARIAT IN ZAGREB IS "ALREADY SETTLED"... 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
 
    3.  IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, WE SPOKE WITH KARMEN CERAR, 
SENIOR ADVISOR IN THE DIRECTORATE OF WATER MANAGEMENT, 
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND WATER MANAGEMENT; 
NEVEN GRUBISIC, ADVISOR IN THE MINISTRY OF MARITIME 
AFFAIRS, TOURISM, TRANSPORT, AND DEVELOPMENT; SPOMENKA CEK, 
NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR THE STABILITY PACT IN THE MINISTRY 
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS; AND MELITA ZIZANOVIC-DAKIC, LEGAL 
ADVISOR IN THE MFA, TO ASSESS PROGRESS TOWARDS ESTABLISHING 
A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION.  ALL FOUR 
CONFIRMED CROATIA'S RESOLVE TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORING 
RIPARIAN STATES TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN 
COMMISSION. 
 
4.  CERAR CONFIRMED GOC SUPPORT FOR ZAGREB AS THE 
 SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION, ADDING THAT A PHYSICAL LOCATION ON 
PANTOVCAK STREET HAS ALREADY BEEN SELECTED; HOWEVER, SHE 
CAUTIONED THAT CROATIAN ENTHUSIASM FOR THE PERMANENT 
COMMISSION COULD NOT PROCEED WITHOUT SAM RATIFICATION OF 
THE IFA.  MOREOVER, CERAR NOTED THAT A DIPLOMATIC NOTE 
CONFIRMING CROATIA'S SUPPORT WAS UNNECESSARY, AS THE GOC'S 
RATIFICATION OF THE IFA FULLY DEMONSTRATED THE NECESSARY 
POLITICAL WILL TO PROCEED.  GRUBISIC SAID THAT THE QUESTION 
OF THE SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION WAS ABOVE ALL LEGAL AND THAT 
THE MFA WAS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO 
THE PERMANENT COMMISSION'S STATUS.  CEK AFFIRMED MFA'S 
READINESS TO PROCEED WITH THE PERMANENT COMMISSION AND EVEN 
ANNOUNCED THAT OFFICE SPACE FOR TEN HAD BEEN PREPARED. 
ZIZANOVIC-DAKIC AT THE MFA CONFIRMED THAT THE ISSUE OF THE 
 SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION IN ZAGREB WAS "ALREADY SETTLED." 
 
...LESS SO THE DIVISION OF LABOR 
    -------------------------------- 
 
4.  AUTHORITY FOR OVERSEEING THE SAVA RIVER BASIN 
INITIATIVE IS CURRENTLY DIVIDED AMONG THE MINISTRIES OF 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AGRICULTURE AND MARITIME AFFAIRS.  MFA HAS 
THUS FAR PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE LEGAL ASPECT, INCLUDING 
THE DRAFTING OF THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT.  MFA WILL RETAIN 
LEAD AUTHORITY ON THE INITIATIVE UNTIL SAM RATIFICATION IS 
COMPLETED.  WORKING LEVEL RESPONSIBILITY IS DIVIDED BY AREA 
OF TECHNICAL COMPETENCE: WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT, FLOOD 
CONTROL, AND WATER QUALITY ARE HANDLED THROUGH THE 
DIRECTORATE FOR WATER MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE MINISTRY OF 
AGRICULTURE WHILE NAVIGATION AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES ARE 
HANDLED THROUGH THE MARITIME MINISTRY.  A/M FOR 
TRANSPORTATION ANDRIJA BEDNJICKI (MARITIME MINISTRY) AND 
DEPUTY COMMISSION MEMBER ZELJKO OSTOJIC (AGRICULTURE 
MINISTRY) HAVE BEEN THE HIGHEST-LEVEL GOC REPRESENTATIVES 
ON THE INTERIM COMMISSION AND ARE LIKELY TO REPRESENT THE 
GOC TO THE PERMANENT COMMISSION UPON ITS ESTABLISHMENT. 
WHILE BOTH CERAR AND GRUBISIC EXPRESSED THEIR MINISTRIES' 
ENTHUSIASM, GRUBISIC SAID THE MARITIME MINISTRY FELT "A 
LITTLE MARGINALIZED" BY THE "POLITICIANS" IN THE MFA WHO 
SEEMED MORE EAGER TO FOCUS ON THE POLITICALLY PROMINENT 
FLOODING PROBLEM RATHER THAN MORE TECHNICAL TRANSPORTATION 
PROJECTS. 
 
ZAGREB 00000847  001.3 OF 002 
 
IATIVE AND THE 
ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT COMMISSION IN ZAGREB. 
 
SUMMARY 
------- 
 
2.  ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN 
COMMISSION WITH A SECRETARIAT IN ZAGREB HAS BROAD SUPPORT 
AT THE WORKING LEVEL.  SHIFTING PERSONNEL IN THE SENIOR 
LEVELS OF THE GOC, COMBINED WITH A COMPLICATED DISTRIBUTION 
OF RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG THREE MINISTRIES, HAVE PRECLUDED 
A STRONG STATEMENT OF POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR THE INITIATIVE 
SINCE THE HDZ-LED GOVERNMENT CAME TO POWER EARLIER THIS 
YEAR.  WHILE THE GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS ITS SUPPORT FOR THE 
 SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION IN ZAGREB, THE PERMANENT COMMISSION 
HAS EFFECTIVELY BEEN PUT ON HOLD PENDING RATIFICATION OF 
THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BY SERBIA AND 
MONTENEGRO.  END SUMMARY. 
 
PERMANENT SECRETARIAT IN ZAGREB IS "ALREADY SETTLED"... 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
 
    3.  IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, WE SPOKE WITH KARMEN CERAR, 
SENIOR ADVISOR IN THE DIRECTORATE OF WATER MANAGEMENT, 
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND WATER MANAGEMENT; 
NEVEN GRUBISIC, ADVISOR IN THE MINISTRY OF MARITIME 
AFFAIRS, TOURISM, TRANSPORT, AND DEVELOPMENT; SPOMENKA CEK, 
NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR THE STABILITY PACT IN THE MINISTRY 
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS; AND MELITA ZIZANOVIC-DAKIC, LEGAL 
ADVISOR IN THE MFA, TO ASSESS PROGRESS TOWARDS ESTABLISHING 
A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION.  ALL FOUR 
CONFIRMED CROATIA'S RESOLVE TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORING 
RIPARIAN STATES TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN 
COMMISSION. 
 
4.  CERAR CONFIRMED GOC SUPPORT FOR ZAGREB AS THE 
 SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION, ADDING THAT A PHYSICAL LOCATION ON 
PANTOVCAK STREET HAS ALREADY BEEN SELECTED; HOWEVER, SHE 
CAUTIONED THAT CROATIAN ENTHUSIASM FOR THE PERMANENT 
COMMISSION COULD NOT PROCEED WITHOUT SAM RATIFICATION OF 
THE IFA.  MOREOVER, CERAR NOTED THAT A DIPLOMATIC NOTE 
CONFIRMING CROATIA'S SUPPORT WAS UNNECESSARY, AS THE GOC'S 
RATIFICATION OF THE IFA FULLY DEMONSTRATED THE NECESSARY 
POLITICAL WILL TO PROCEED.  GRUBISIC SAID THAT THE QUESTION 
OF THE SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION WAS ABOVE ALL LEGAL AND THAT 
THE MFA WAS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO 
THE PERMANENT COMMISSION'S STATUS.  CEK AFFIRMED MFA'S 
READINESS TO PROCEED WITH THE PERMANENT COMMISSION AND EVEN 
ANNOUNCED THAT OFFICE SPACE FOR TEN HAD BEEN PREPARED. 
ZIZANOVIC-DAKIC AT THE MFA CONFIRMED THAT THE ISSUE OF THE 
 SECRETARIAT'S LOCATION IN ZAGREB WAS "ALREADY SETTLED." 
 
...LESS SO THE DIVISION OF LABOR 
    -------------------------------- 
 
4.  AUTHORITY FOR OVERSEEING THE SAVA RIVER BASIN 
INITIATIVE IS CURRENTLY DIVIDED AMONG THE MINISTRIES OF 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AGRICULTURE AND MARITIME AFFAIRS.  MFA HAS 
THUS FAR PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE LEGAL ASPECT, INCLUDING 
THE DRAFTING OF THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT.  MFA WILL RETAIN 
LEAD AUTHORITY ON THE INITIATIVE UNTIL SAM RATIFICATION IS 
COMPLETED.  WORKING LEVEL RESPONSIBILITY IS DIVIDED BY AREA 
OF TECHNICAL COMPETENCE: WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT, FLOOD 
CONTROL, AND WATER QUALITY ARE HANDLED THROUGH THE 
DIRECTORATE FOR WATER MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE MINISTRY OF 
AGRICULTURE WHILE NAVIGATION AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES ARE 
HANDLED THROUGH THE MARITIME MINISTRY.  A/M FOR 
TRANSPORTATION ANDRIJA BEDNJICKI (MARITIME MINISTRY) AND 
DEPUTY COMMISSION MEMBER ZELJKO OSTOJIC (AGRICULTURE 
MINISTRY) HAVE BEEN THE HIGHEST-LEVEL GOC REPRESENTATIVES 
ON THE INTERIM COMMISSION AND ARE LIKELY TO REPRESENT THE 
GOC TO THE PERMANENT COMMISSION UPON ITS ESTABLISHMENT. 
WHILE BOTH CERAR AND GRUBISIC EXPRESSED THEIR MINISTRIES' 
ENTHUSIASM, GRUBISIC SAID THE MARITIME MINISTRY FELT "A 
LITTLE MARGINALIZED" BY THE "POLITICIANS" IN THE MFA WHO 
SEEMED MORE EAGER TO FOCUS ON THE POLITICALLY PROMINENT 
FLOODING PROBLEM RATHER THAN MORE TECHNICAL TRANSPORTATION 
PROJECTS. 
 
ZAGREB 00000847  002.1 OF 002 
 
ECRETARIAT LOCATED IN ZAGREB IS STRONG 
AT THE WORKING LEVEL, CHANGES IN TOP-LEVEL PERSONNEL AND 
MINISTRY RESTRUCTURING HAS LEFT THE INITIATIVE IN THE HANDS 
OF TECHNOCRATS WITHOUT A CLEAR POLITICAL CHAMPION.  THOUGH 
THE MFA STRESSED THAT THE PROJECT BELONGED IN THE HANDS OF 
EXPERTS KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS, IT'S 
UNCLEAR TO WHAT EXTENT BEDNJICKI AND OSTOJIC WILL BE ABLE 
TO COMMIT GOC RESOURCES WITHOUT STRONG POLITICAL SUPPORT. 
WHILE SAM'S DELAY IN RATIFYING THE IFA HAS CERTAINLY 
CONTRIBUTED TO SLOW PROGRESS, A LACK OF CONTINUITY (BOTH IN 
PERSONNEL AT THE MINISTERIAL LEVEL AND IN COMPETENCES AMONG 
THE INVOLVED MINISTRIES) HAS PRECIPITATED SOME CONFUSION 
AND DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY DOWN THE RANKS. 
 
6. SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE LETTER OF INTENT BY THE THEN 
MARITIME MINISTER IN NOVEMBER 2001, THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
CHANGED AND THE MINISTRY HAS BEEN BROADENED TO INCLUDE 
TOURISM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT.  THE CURRENT MINISTER, 
BOZIDAR KALMETA, HAS FOCUSED LATELY MORE ON THESE 
PORTFOLIOS THAN STRICTLY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.  WHILE THE 
HARD-CHARGING KALMETA IS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE TO INVIGORATE 
THE INITIATIVE WITH HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL SUPPORT, WORKING 
    LEVEL CONTACTS QUESTIONED EVEN HIS AWARENESS OF IT.  AS 
LONG AS RATIFICATION REMAINS PENDING, HIGHER LEVELS IN THE 
MFA AND MARITIME MINISTRY CAN SAFELY ALLOW THE INITIATIVE 
TO PROCEED AT THE WORKING LEVEL.  ONCE RATIFICATION HAS 
BEEN COMPLETED, WE WILL MONITOR PROGRESS TO DETERMINE IF 
 
ZAGREB 00000847  002.2 OF 002 
 
ECRETARIAT LOCATED IN ZAGREB IS STRONG 
AT THE WORKING LEVEL, CHANGES IN TOP-LEVEL PERSONNEL AND 
MINISTRY RESTRUCTURING HAS LEFT THE INITIATIVE IN THE HANDS 
OF TECHNOCRATS WITHOUT A CLEAR POLITICAL CHAMPION.  THOUGH 
THE MFA STRESSED THAT THE PROJECT BELONGED IN THE HANDS OF 
EXPERTS KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS, IT'S 
UNCLEAR TO WHAT EXTENT BEDNJICKI AND OSTOJIC WILL BE ABLE 
TO COMMIT GOC RESOURCES WITHOUT STRONG POLITICAL SUPPORT. 
WHILE SAM'S DELAY IN RATIFYING THE IFA HAS CERTAINLY 
CONTRIBUTED TO SLOW PROGRESS, A LACK OF CONTINUITY (BOTH IN 
PERSONNEL AT THE MINISTERIAL LEVEL AND IN COMPETENCES AMONG 
THE INVOLVED MINISTRIES) HAS PRECIPITATED SOME CONFUSION 
AND DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY DOWN THE RANKS. 
 
6. SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE LETTER OF INTENT BY THE THEN 
MARITIME MINISTER IN NOVEMBER 2001, THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
CHANGED AND THE MINISTRY HAS BEEN BROADENED TO INCLUDE 
TOURISM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT.  THE CURRENT MINISTER, 
BOZIDAR KALMETA, HAS FOCUSED LATELY MORE ON THESE 
PORTFOLIOS THAN STRICTLY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.  WHILE THE 
HARD-CHARGING KALMETA IS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE TO INVIGORATE 
    THE INITIATIVE WITH HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL SUPPORT, WORKING 
LEVEL CONTACTS QUESTIONED EVEN HIS AWARENESS OF IT.  AS 
LONG AS RATIFICATION REMAINS PENDING, HIGHER LEVELS IN THE 
MFA AND MARITIME MINISTRY CAN SAFELY ALLOW THE INITIATIVE 
TO PROCEED AT THE WORKING LEVEL.  ONCE RATIFICATION HAS 
BEEN COMPLETED, WE WILL MONITOR PROGRESS TO DETERMINE IF 
SUFFICIENT ENERGY EXISTS TO PROCEED WITH THE INITIATIVE OR 
IF INTERVENTION AT THE MINISTERIAL LEVEL IS WARRANTED. 
FRANK 
 
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ECRETARIAT LOCATED IN ZAGREB IS STRONG 
AT THE WORKING LEVEL, CHANGES IN TOP-LEVEL PERSONNEL AND 
MINISTRY RESTRUCTURING HAS LEFT THE INITIATIVE IN THE HANDS 
OF TECHNOCRATS WITHOUT A CLEAR POLITICAL CHAMPION.  THOUGH 
THE MFA STRESSED THAT THE PROJECT BELONGED IN THE HANDS OF 
EXPERTS KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS, IT'S 
UNCLEAR TO WHAT EXTENT BEDNJICKI AND OSTOJIC WILL BE ABLE 
TO COMMIT GOC RESOURCES WITHOUT STRONG POLITICAL SUPPORT. 
WHILE SAM'S DELAY IN RATIFYING THE IFA HAS CERTAINLY 
CONTRIBUTED TO SLOW PROGRESS, A LACK OF CONTINUITY (BOTH IN 
PERSONNEL AT THE MINISTERIAL LEVEL AND IN COMPETENCES AMONG 
THE INVOLVED MINISTRIES) HAS PRECIPITATED SOME CONFUSION 
AND DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY DOWN THE RANKS. 
 
6. SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE LETTER OF INTENT BY THE THEN 
MARITIME MINISTER IN NOVEMBER 2001, THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
CHANGED AND THE MINISTRY HAS BEEN BROADENED TO INCLUDE 
TOURISM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT.  THE CURRENT MINISTER, 
BOZIDAR KALMETA, HAS FOCUSED LATELY MORE ON THESE 
PORTFOLIOS THAN STRICTLY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.  WHILE THE 
HARD-CHARGING KALMETA IS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE TO INVIGORATE 
    THE INITIATIVE WITH HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL SUPPORT, WORKING 
LEVEL CONTACTS QUESTIONED EVEN HIS AWARENESS OF IT.  AS 
LONG AS RATIFICATION REMAINS PENDING, HIGHER LEVELS IN THE 
MFA AND MARITIME MINISTRY CAN SAFELY ALLOW THE INITIATIVE 
TO PROCEED AT THE WORKING LEVEL.  ONCE RATIFICATION HAS 
BEEN COMPLETED, WE WILL MONITOR PROGRESS TO DETERMINE IF 
SUFFICIENT ENERGY EXISTS TO PROCEED WITH THE INITIATIVE OR 
IF INTERVENTION AT THE MINISTERIAL LEVEL IS WARRANTED. 
FRANK 
 
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