To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he made to the foreign secretary of Croatia concerning recent speeches by President Tudjman. [36735]

We have made clear to the Croatian Government, bilaterally and in our capacity as Presidency of the European Union, that we deplore the tone and content of President Tudjman's recent speech to the HDZ National Congress. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has written to President Tudjman to say that Croatia will not move closer to the European Union without demonstrating a clear, long-term commitment to the Dayton and Erdut peace Agreements, a two-way refugee return process, ethnic reconciliation and democratic reform.