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Viewing cable 08ZAGREB404, ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 29, 2008

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08ZAGREB404 2008-05-30 12:18 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Zagreb
VZCZCXRO6991
PP RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHBW RUEHDA RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA
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DE RUEHVB #0404/01 1511218
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 301218Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY ZAGREB
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8347
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ZAGREB 000404 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR EUR/SCE, EUR/PPD, EUR/RPM AND EUR/ERA 
OSD FOR POPOVICH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV HR
SUBJECT: ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 29, 2008 
 
REF: 07 ZAGREB 623 
 
1. (U) REGIONAL COOPERATION EFFORTS ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT 
BRING RESULTS...: 
Croatia hosted a pair of meetings aimed at promoting greater 
cross-border cooperation during May.  On May 5, in Dubrovnik, 
under the framework of the Mount Igman Initiative, officials 
from the Dubrovnik region in Croatia; the municipalities of 
Neum, Ravno and Trebinje in Bosnia-Herzegovina; and the 
cities of Kotor, Tivat and Herceg Novi in Montenegro signed a 
declaration on cooperation among their respective 
institutions to respond to disasters and strengthen 
infrastructure links.  While attended by the three respective 
Foreign Ministers, MFA officials stressed to the Embassy that 
the real goal was to get municipal officials, who in the past 
have failed or refused to work together, to improve their 
coordination.  Croatian FM Jandrokovic stressed the practical 
benefits of the cooperation, noting that it was particularly 
important how each entity had agreed that their personnel 
would be able to cross borders to best respond to any crisis. 
 A follow-up meeting is expected to be held in Herceg Novi in 
the fall.  On May 27 Croatia also hosted a meeting in Zagreb 
of foreign ministers from the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative 
countries (including all Adriatic and Ionian littoral states 
well).  This meeting also focused on specific cooperation 
projects in the areas of tourism, transportation, and 
environmental management, including a task force to include 
local authorities in developing "projects on fire protection 
and mutual assistance." (RHoltzapple) 
 
2. (U) ...BUT ALSO PROVIDE STAGE FOR ILL-TEMPERED RHETORIC: 
Media coverage of the concrete achievements of the May 27 
Adriatic-Ionian Initiative was overshadowed by Serbian FM 
Jeremic's address to the ministerial in which he accused 
Croatia of ethnic cleansing of the Krajina during the 
Homeland War, and sharply criticized Croatia's decision to 
recognize Kosovo.  In response, Croatian FM Jandrokovic and 
others observed that Jeremic's comments appeared driven 
largely by domestic Serbian politics, but that the Croatian 
offensives to re-take its territory during the Homeland War 
had been a legal response to Serbia's attacks on Croatia, and 
that recognition of Croatia was a simple acknowledgement of 
the new political realities in the region. (RHoltzapple) 
 
3. (U) CROATIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ENGAGE WITH IRAQI KURDS: 
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic received members of the 
Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government on 26 May 2008.  The 
Kurdish delegation, visiting Croatia at the invitation of 
Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Damir Polancec, was led by the 
region's Deputy Prime Minister Omer Fattah Hussein. 
Discussions with Mesic focused on intensifying economic 
cooperation between Croatia and Kurdistan, as well as Iraq as 
a whole.  Both governments spoke of the potential for 
Kurdistan students to attend university in Croatia, and 
Hussein issued an invitation from Iraqi President Jalal 
Talabani to Mesic to visit Iraq.  During a subsequent meeting 
with Croatian businessmen at the local Chamber of Commerce, 
Mr. Hussein highlighted opportunities for investment in the 
reconstruction of Kurdistan's energy infrastructure, 
agriculture and tourism sectors, as well as general 
construction projects.  Speaking to the press, Hussein 
rejected comparisons between Kurdistan and Kosovo, and 
instead emphasized the desire of the Kurdish people to be a 
part of a federalized Iraq.  (CRhoton) 
 
4. (U) WHILE LOCAL OFFICIALS EXPLORE ECONOMIC COOPERATION 
WITH IRAN: 
Radimir Cacic, prefect of Varazdin County in northern Croatia 
and president of Croatia's third-largest political party, the 
HNS, visited the northern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi 
from May 16-20 with a delegation from the Varazdin Tourism 
Board and Chamber of Commerce.  The trip was apparently the 
initiative of the Iranian Ambassador to Croatia, and 
supported by the Croatian Ambassador to Iran, Esad Prohic, 
who is also a member of the HNS.  In a magazine article 
chronicling his trip, Cacic said the Varazdin delegation 
visited about 15 firms in Iran, including a biotechnology 
center, but that the best prospects for trade seemed to be in 
the food processing and construction sectors.  In the 
article, Cacic observed that international sanctions against 
Iran meant it is easier to export Croatian products to Iran 
than to buy Iranian products, and spent considerable time 
detailing the strict controls on women in Iranian society. 
He said a return visit by Iranian local officials to Croatia 
may be arranged in the near future.  (RHoltzapple) 
 
5. (U) CONTROVERSIAL SINGER "THOMPSON" TO PERFORM ON ZAGREB'S 
MAIN SQUARE: 
 
ZAGREB 00000404  002 OF 002 
 
 
On May 30, Marko Perkovic "Thompson", a controversial pop 
singer of patriotic/nationalist songs whose concerts in the 
past have drawn neo-Nazis to the audience (REFTEL), will be 
the headline act at a concert on the Zagreb's main square to 
mark the occasion of the Zagreb War Veterans' Day. The 
concert is organized by the Association of Veterans of the 
Homeland War (HVIDRA), and is partially financed by the 
Zagreb city government.  Responding to critical media 
commentary about choosing such a controversial performer, 
HVIDRA said they had chosen Thompson, a Croatian vet himself, 
because he best represents their patriotism.  HVIDRA and 
Thompson held a press conference stating they will not 
tolerate the presence of unwanted symbols and black uniforms 
on the square.  An estimated 350 policemen and 200 security 
guards plan to secure the May 30th concert, although police 
have acknowledged a lack of clarity under the law regarding 
which sorts of clothing, symbols or language might be 
prohibited.  Thompson, who has recently had performances 
banned in Austria and Switzerland on grounds that his 
concerts might provoke public disorder, continues to deny any 
fascist or anti-Semitic sympathies, and media reported that 
at a concert in Stuttgart last week he attempted to publicly 
distance himself from a group of neo-Nazi youth in his 
audience. (DFisk) 
 
6.  (U)  EMBASSY ZAGREB REACHES OUT TO AMERICANS THROUGHOUT 
CROATIA: 
Staff from the Consular Section and Public Affairs Office 
joined to present American Citizens Services Nights at the 
American Corners at the Zadar Public Library May 27 and the 
Rijeka University Library May 28.  Public Affairs Officer and 
Vice Consul Marlene Nice, Federal Benefits Unit regional 
assistant Martina Delija, and Senior Assistant for American 
Citizen Services Verica Haramincic, provided information on 
voter registration, U.S. elections, passport applications and 
citizenship issues, as well as Social Security, Veterans 
Affairs, civil service and other benefits.  Attendees were 
able to submit passport applications and receive notary 
services.  Some wanted to discuss possible careers in the 
Foreign Service and issues about living in Croatia, including 
Croatia's new Foreign Workers Visa Law.  About 100 people 
attended the meeting in Zadar and about 50 stopped by in 
Rijeka.  The next American Citizens Information Night is 
scheduled for June 5 at the American Corner in the library in 
Osijek.  (MNice) 
 
7.  (U) EMBASSY ZAGREB CONTINUES STUDENT OUTREACH: The U.S. 
Embassy in Zagreb was host to three student groups from the 
University of Zagreb and two elementary school groups in May. 
 During the university-level visits, students learned about 
the functions of the embassy and staff, Croatian-U.S. 
relations and current events through brief presentations and 
question-and-answer sessions with FSO's and locally employed 
staff.  Highlights of the visits included a behind the scenes 
look at the Consular Section, a tour of the facility and 
meeting the Ambassador or Deputy Chief of Mission and a U.S. 
Marine.  (MNice) 
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