    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)]
    [January 13, 1996]
    [Page 63]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Remarks on Arrival in Zagreb, Croatia
    January 13, 1996

        Thank you very much, President Tudjman, for making me feel so
    welcome. And thank you for coming out in such large and enthusiastic
    numbers. It's wonderful to be here in Zagreb and in Croatia. And I thank
    you for making me feel so welcome.
        I have just come from Bosnia, from visiting our troops there who are
    working with the others to support the peace process. And I come here to
    thank President Tudjman and the people of Croatia for supporting the
    peace process in Bosnia. I come to support not only the peace process
    but the federation in Bosnia between the Muslims and the Croats, the
    peaceful agreement for the return of Croatian lands in Eastern Slavonia,
    and the ultimate partnership of Croatia with not only the United States
    but with other Western nations who believe in freedom and human rights
    and democracy and peace and progress, working together.
        My friends, on behalf of the United States, I have been honored to
    work for peace from the Middle East to Northern Ireland to Bosnia. And I
    believe that, in these conflicts I have seen, that the fight has not
    been between Arab and Jew in the Middle East, not between Catholic and
    Protestant in Northern Ireland, not between Serb and Croat and Muslim in
    Bosnia. It is a conflict between those who choose peace and those who
    would stay with war, those who look to a better future and those who are
    trapped in the past, those who open their arms to their neighbors and
    those who would keep their fist clenched.
        So I ask you in closing to choose peace, choose the future, open
    your arms. The United States extends its hand in friendship to you.
        Thank you again for making me feel so welcome.

    Note: The President spoke at 5:45 p.m. at the Zagreb Airport. In his
    remarks, he referred to President Franjo Tudjman of Croatia.