As for Croatia's request for Vucurevic's extradition from Serbia where he was arrested on Monday, Kosor said that the Justice Ministry was working on the case and that she would meet with Justice Minister Drazen Bosnjakovic tomorrow to discuss the matter.

Later on Tuesday, the Croatian Justice Ministry stated that it was expecting an official notification from Interpol about Vucurevic's arrest and after that the ministry would start collecting documentation pertaining to the case.

Asked about her expectations of a forthcoming visit of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele to Zagreb, she said that the talks would focus on what Croatia had done and what remained to be done.

She expressed conviction that Croatia would close two more negotiating areas (policy chapters) in its accession negotiations with the European Union this month, and that it had met conditions for closing one more policy chapter.

As for expectations that Croatia would close the negotiations in June, the PM said that everything was proceeding according to plan.

She said she was sure that war veterans would behave reasonably and in a dignified manner after the announcement of a ruling of the Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal in the case of Generals Ante Gotovina, Ivan Cermak and Mladen Markac on 15 April.

"We are all waiting to see what will happen on 15 April," she said, stressing that one should be aware of the fact that the ruling would not be a final one.

Kosor announced meetings with veterans' associations on this topic for next week.