Speaking to the press who covered the summit "Communication of Heritage: A New Vision of Southeast Europe", Mesic said the topics of the event were especially important because relations in the region were advanced through the communication of heritage.
He said heritage offered the peoples in the region a chance to see what had connected them, but also to look to the future.
"We can see how to protect our heritage because it has to be protected so that tomorrow we could live better."
Mesic also said that regional summits dedicated to culture would continue as it had been agreed to hold the next one in Romania, and subsequently in Greece and Montenegro.