Croatia: Military initiative with Albania and Kosovo, open to partners - "They want to contribute to the security of the Southeast European region"
The initiative of Kosovo, Albania and Croatia for cooperation in the field of security and defense, "is also open to allies and partners of the European Union and NATO", who "want to contribute to building stability, security and sustainability in the Southeast European region".
This is how the Croatian Government comments on the Declaration signed by the three countries on March 18. According to it, the initiative can be joined by all countries that also want to offer support to Kosovo and Albania on their European and Euro-Atlantic path.
Its goal "is not to create any military alliance. Such an alliance - apart from NATO membership - is not even necessary," the Croatian Government's statement emphasizes.
Unlike Albania and Croatia, Kosovo is not a member of NATO.
In his first reactions to the initiative, Serbian President Vučić said that by signing the document, Croatia, Albania and Kosovo "have opened an arms race in the region" and "have violated the 1996 subregional agreement."
This agreement, which concerns the permitted quotas in armaments, was signed at the time by the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina - the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, as well as by Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which consisted of Serbia and Montenegro.
The Croatian government says that this agreement has been implemented continuously for 29 years. It also recalls that neither Albania nor Kosovo are parties to that agreement.
"In this context, it is completely pointless to link it to the Joint Declaration, recently signed between Albania, Croatia and Kosovo, the main purpose of which is to strengthen cooperation between the defense ministries of friendly countries, partners and allies," the Croatian Government's response states.
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