Speaking to the press after the talks, Roncevic said he informed Kuehnl that the Economic Institute was working on a financial concept of the reorganisation of the armed forces and a military budget until 2015. He said he expected that funds earmarked for the military budget by 2010 would be about two per cent of GDP.
Roncevic said he and Kuehnl also discussed the possibility of joint training of air jet pilots.
The Czech minister said the two sides exchanged experiences in the reform of the military.
Euro-Atlantic structures would not be integral without Croatia and this is why the Czech Republic will continue to support Croatia in its ambitions, said Kuehnl, adding that his country expected Croatia to be given a clear signal at NATO's summit in Riga this year.
Kuehnl expressed regret that the EU had procrastinated with the launching of Croatia's accession negotiations. He said Croatia had deserved an earlier opening of the negotiations than last October and that it had transpired that the reasons for the delay had not been the real reasons and that the distrust about Croatia's full cooperation with the Hague war crimes tribunal had not been justified.
Nobody apologised to Croatia for the unjustified distrust, Kuehnl underlined, adding that he was therefore apologising himself.