In a comment on the latest figures on GDP growth and statements about Croatia's overcoming the recession, President Ivo Josipovic said on Friday that the growth was not sufficient to say that the country was getting out of the crisis and that it should be much higher.
During his visit to Dubrovnik, Josipovic was asked by reporters to comment also on a statement Minister of the Interior Tomislav Karamarko made at a panel discussion in Dubrovnik on the remembrance day for the victims of totalitarian regimes, when he said that he was not only an antifascist but also an anticommunist.
Josipovic said that 'anti-fascism, as stated in the Constitution, and the Homeland War are the foundations of our history and state. I am proud of anti-fascism and the Homeland War and of all the people who participated honourably in the antifascist struggle and in the Homeland War. Things happened both during the antifascist struggle and the Homeland War that should not have happened, but that does not diminish the importance of either the antifascist struggle or the Homeland War,' Josipovic said.
As for Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor's statement that Croatia no longer needed permission from Belgrade to do anything, Josipovic said that it was completely clear that Croatia pursued a principled foreign policy and wanted to have the best possible relations with its neighbours, including Serbia.
'Also, we have recognised Kosovo and we are acting accordingly, and I believe that the foreign policy that both the government and I are pursuing is in line with that and that there is no reason for anyone to be dissatisfied,' the president said.
