Javno.hr, Croatia
Aug 10 2008

Evacuated Croatian: We Are OK, We Are at Border

We are at the border now and I think we will be here for a while until
the papers are sorted out, one of the four evacuated Croatians said.

– We are just at the Armenian border. I suppose we will be here for
some time because of the paperwork, which takes time. But we are all
alright and we are not scared ` said Lukrecija Kireta, one of the four
Croatians who were on s study trip to Georgia when the war with Russia
began.

Via embassies, the evacuation of European Commission interns began in
Georgia at 4 pm local time. The interns were on a study trip through
Georgia. The group included for Croatians ` Lukrecija Kireta, Drago
Mezga, Oliver Anderlin and Stjepan Bukovcak.

Evacuation with help of Italy and European Commission

Lukrecija said she was in Georgia for a while together with other
interns. It was the European Commission that was the first to start
with the evacuations.

– Currently we are being evacuated by the Italian Embassy and the
European Commission. We were in contact with them the entire time. Of
course, with the help of the Croatian Foreign Ministry that sorted out
our visas for Armenia, since, as citizens of Croatia, we need visas to
enter the country ` Kireta said.

In a brief telephone conversation, she said she expected to be in
Brussels, where she has lived for the past five months, as early as
tomorrow.

– Drago Mezga, Oliver Anderlin and Stjepan Bukovcak will travel to
Italy ` she said.
From: Baghdasarian