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Viewing cable 08ZAGREB65, AMBASSADOR MEETS SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT LUKA BEBIC

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08ZAGREB65 2008-01-30 11:51 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Zagreb
VZCZCXRO4916
RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDA RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHLN
RUEHLZ RUEHPOD RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHVB #0065/01 0301151
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 301151Z JAN 08 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8525
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ZAGREB 000065 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR MEETS SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT LUKA BEBIC 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY:  New Sabor President Luka Bebic strongly endorses 
all of PM Sanader's priorities, including close cooperation with the 
US, a strong desire to join NATO, and an eagerness to play a 
constructive role in the region.  He said the Sabor should shortly 
take up several pieces of legislation of interest to the U.S.  He 
cited continued cooperation between the ruling HDZ and minority 
politicians, particularly the largest Croatian Serb party, as signs 
of Croatia's continuing political development and maturity.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
NATO, GOOD US RELATIONS, AND REGIONAL COOPERATION 
--------------------------- 
 
2. (U) In his first official meeting with Ambassador Bradtke on 
January 28, Sabor President Luka Bebic highlighted the importance of 
good relations with the U.S., predicting even closer cooperation 
between the two countries in the next few months leading up to the 
NATO Summit.  Bebic said NATO was Croatia's top priority and the 
state leadership would do all it could to raise popular support for 
the country's membership in it.  Bebic thanked President Bush and 
the U.S. for their clear support. 
 
3. (U) Speaking of President Bush, Bebic said the Croatian 
government and people would warmly welcome a visit by the U.S. 
President as the "crowning achievement for our policies and an 
incentive for our continued efforts."  The government would do all 
it could to make that visit happen.  Bebic noted the Croatian people 
had always been inspired by the U.S. in its quest for freedom, 
adding that big problems in this part of the world could never have 
been resolved without U.S. involvement. 
 
4. (U) Bebic urged continued U.S. engagement in Southeastern Europe, 
citing Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina as potential sources of 
instability.  Croatia would also continue to devote significant 
energy to building regional cooperation, not only with Macedonia and 
Albania as Croatia's partners under the Adriatic Charter, but also 
with Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.  Bebic stressed 
parliamentary cooperation programs with both Albania and Macedonia 
and said he hoped both would also be invited to join NATO in 
Bucharest, and that other countries in the region would become part 
of the Adriatic Charter. 
 
SUPPORT FOR U.S. LEGISLATIVE INTERESTS 
------------------------------ 
 
5. (U) The Ambassador raised a number of specific pieces of 
legislation that are of interest to the U.S.  Bebic had encouraging 
replies on all of them.  He was familiar with our concerns about how 
Croatia's current property restitution law disadvantages some claims 
by foreign nationals on property seized during WWII and the 
Communist era, and said that legislation would be drafted soon to 
allow foreign citizens to make property claims.  He confirmed that 
the GOC plans to pass a Law on Foundations to liberalize the 
establishment and work of charitable foundations.  He acknowledged 
that the new Law on Foreigners, an attempt to address EU 
expectations of Croatia on fighting illegal migration, had also 
created difficulties for foreign businesspeople in getting residence 
permits for their families.  That had not been the Sabor's intent, 
Bebic emphasized, and could harm Croatia as it sought more foreign 
investment. He expects the government to propose changes to the law. 
 
 
6. (U) Asked about the prospects of revising the Criminal 
Proceedings Law to ensure more efficient prosecution of such crimes 
as corruption and money laundering, Bebic replied that fighting 
corruption and improving judicial and administrative efficiency was 
among Croatia's highest priorities "not because the EU or the U.S. 
would want us to, but because it's in our own interest." 
 
7. (U) Expanding on the notion of "doing things for our own sake," 
Bebic said the government had reached out to the Serb community, 
including by appointing a Deputy Prime Minister from their ranks, "a 
thing that would have been unthinkable eight years ago."  In 
addition, the government has signed separate coalition agreements 
with all other ethnic minority representatives, seeking to resolve 
their specific issues.  These steps are all concrete proof, Bebic 
said, that Croatia wants to be a modern state that has put the war 
behind it. 
 
COMMENT 
------- 
 
8. (SBU) COMMENT:  Bebic, while still very new to his role as 
speaker of the Sabor, has long parliamentary experience, and took 
care to be well-briefed prior to his appointment with the 
Ambassador.  In all of his points, from stressing Croatia's 
readiness to work closely with its neighbors, to his heartfelt plea 
for a visit by President Bush, Bebic was faithfully echoing Prime 
Minister Sanader's policies.  He is every bit as much of an HDZ 
party stalwart as his predecessor, Vladimir Seks, but Bebic presents 
a much better and friendlier face for the Sabor toward the outside 
 
ZAGREB 00000065  002 OF 002 
 
 
world.  Bebic and Seks remain close friends and colleagues, but we 
believe our cooperation with the Sabor could be noticeably more 
productive with Bebic in charge.  END COMMENT. 
 
BRADTKE