PRESIDENT MESIC SPEAKS AT WARSAW CONFERENCE
WARSAW, Nov 6 - We must fight terrorism immediately because there is no time for previous analyses of its causes and roots, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said on at a conference on the fight against terrorism held in Warsaw. "We shall all act within the range of our abilities, there is no time to wait, investigate the causes and roots of terrorism," President Mesic said and recalled his platform on a draft principle of action of an anti- terrorist coalition which was presented in Slovakia and Bulgaria at the beginning of October. The countries which have gathered in Warsaw were invited by geographic criteria, but this group is diverse as by their geographic dimensions, so by their degree of development and democracy, as well as how close they are to European associations, and membership in NATO, the president said. "However, we are all united by the need to assert our own role in an international coalition," Mesic said. He warned about the hazard of drawing one-sided conclusions that the crisis in the Near East was the cause for everything, which is in favor of terrorism. "Non-development, poverty, the lack of freedom, and the consequences of regional crises not being solved all create a favorable environment for fanaticism of those who are going through all this, and the easiest solution is to hide behind some religion or ideology," President Mesic asserted. The Croatian President's conclusion ended with four issues, including the establishment of a practice of constant exchange of information within an anti-terrorist coalition, the establishment and consolidation of cooperation among intelligence services, placing an accent on the economic component of the war against terrorism, and the start of a serious analysis of its causes so one could resist effectively. "This will be the best contribution and winning combination in the fight against terrorism, the Croatian President stressed.