"One of Slovakia's and my personal priorities is that Croatia enters the European Union as soon as possible," Gasparovic told reporters in Zagreb where he was attending the inauguration of President Stjepan Mesic.
Gasparovic was scheduled to meet Mesic later in the afternoon for talks on Croatia's progress towards EU membership. He said that his country's position was that Croatia had fulfilled all the membership criteria.
In the morning, Gasparovic had bilateral talks with Presidents Filip Vujanovic of Montenegro and Branko Crvenkovski of Macedonia. They discussed the situation in the region.
Gasparovic said that Slovakia was interested in all Southeast European countries joining the EU.