Croatia to seek new fighter jets from five countries

Croatia will next week ask five countries to bid for contracts to supply fighter jets as it tries to modernize its military, the defense ministry said on Thursday."Next week we will send requests for proposal for buying fighter jets to five countries: Sweden, the United States, South Korea, Greece and Israel," the ministry said in a statement.Croatia, a former Yugoslav republic, has been a member of NATO since 2009 and of the European Union since 2013.