"Croatia and Turkey can add diversity and responsibility to the EU
Sunday, October 16, 2005
HIDO BISCEVIC *
It is with pride that I write these words. Just a little more than a decade ago, with my dear friend and inspiring colleague Yuksel, we started a long journey that somewhat miraculously ended on that historic night in Luxembourg's Kiem Conference Center when Croatia and Turkey simultaneously began European Union accession negotiations.
The journey went through difficulties that are sometimes underestimated today: War waged by Belgrade's regime of that time against almost all non-Serbian nations and non-Orthodox religious communities in the region between the Adriatic coast and Bosporus Straits -- with the background of a reluctant and intrigue-mingled international policy of the time -- brought us together."
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