The Croatian head of state arrived in Chisinau on Monday evening for a three-day official visit.
At their meeting on Tuesday morning, the two presidents also discussed European aspirations of their countries. Mesic acquainted Voronin with the situation in Croatia's accession negotiations with the European Union. Voronin thanked Mesic for Croatia's support to Moldavian European ambitions.
The two officials also discussed some burning issues in these parts in Europe, including Kosovo and Transnistria. Voronin and Mesic agreed that these two problems were not identical as Transnistria had never had any form of autonomy or special status inside Moldova.
Mesic added that every country had the right to its territorial integrity and stressed that a soplution to problems must be sought by peaceful models, i.e. through negotiations.
It is better to negotiate ten years than to wage a war ten days, the Croatian President said.
As regards the economic bilateral cooperation, Mesic said that Croatian companies could to be engaged in seismic search for possible oil deposits in Moldova, and Voronin added that his country was interested in shipping Moldavian goods along the River Danube up to Croatia and further.
After the presidential meeting, delegations of the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding between the Moldavian bureau for combating white-collar crime and the Croatian Finance Ministry's money laundering suppression office. The document will regulate cooperation in exchange of data on money laundering and financial terrorism.
After that Mesic laid a wreath at the monument erected in tribute to Moldavian founder Stefan cel Mare si Sfint, who lived in the turn of the 15th century.
On Monday evening, Mesic was a guest at the dinner organised by Moldavian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, Andrei Stratan.
On Wednesday Mesic will fly to Kazakhstan from Moldova.