He asked if Zagreb was ready to "protect NATO's borders" in the event of a refugee crisis. Croatia's near neighbors Italy, Slovenia and Hungary are NATO and EU members. Croatia is expected to join NATO next year and the EU some time later.

"The delegation gave a positive answer, saying Croatia already had experience with housing refugees," the daily said, citing unnamed Croatian sources. "Croatia is expected to monitor its borders and prevent refugees from crossing into the EU."

Croatian officials were not immediately available for comment and U.S. officials in Zagreb declined to comment.
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The West fears Kosovo's independence could trigger a chain-reaction, with Serbs in the north seceding to remain part of Serbia and Albanians threatening their enclaves in the south, sending the Serbs fleeing for the border zones.
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The United Nations and NATO have made plans in case of a new crisis, which could spill over into neighboring Macedonia and revive an armed Albanian separatist movement there.

However it was not clear why Croatia, which has no border with Kosovo, would become involved. Croatia fought a four-year war of independence with Serbia in the 1990s and is an unlikely destination for fleeing Serbs or Serb refugee resettlement.

Na danasnji dan moj prijatelj Stojke je zapalio samarcinu Mikiju Komrakovu. Steta sto ga nije tukao jos vise