Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor and her associates on Tuesday held talks with representatives of 18 Homeland War associations, saying after the talks that one of their conclusions was that news of the verdicts for three Croatian generals tried by the Hague war crimes tribunal, to be announced on Friday, should be received with calm and dignity.
After the talks, which lasted almost two hours, Kosor told reporters the meeting was very good and open, one of the topics being the forthcoming verdicts in the case against Generals Ante Gotovina, Mladen Markac and Ivan Cermak.
Kosor said one should receive the news of the verdicts with calm and dignity, showing unity. She added that one should know that the verdicts were not final.
Protests and possible unrest after the announcement of the verdicts cannot change anything about the verdicts, she said.
One of the participants in the meeting, Josip Klemm, said that the association of special police forces and other veterans would organise on Thursday a walk in support of the Croatian generals. He, too, said there would be no protests, calling for dignified behaviour.
