The meeting addressed future police and judicial cooperation in the European Union, the fight against terrorism, organised crime, trafficking in humans, computer crime and the storing of telecommunications data.
The Croatian ministers said they were determined to fight terrorism and organised crime on the regional and international levels and offered that Croatia assume a leading role in the region.
The EU Presidency supported the full inclusion of candidate countries into the Union's activities in combating terrorism and organised crime.
The Croatian ministers held talks with European Commission vice president Franco Frattini, Europol director Max-Peter Ratzel, Eurojust director Michael Kennedy, and their counterparts from Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Afghanistan.
Skare-Ozbolt and Kirin and their British counterparts agreed concrete forms of police and judicial cooperation in criminal and civil issues. The British ministers supported the upcoming signing of Croatia's operations agreement with Europol. It was also agreed to intensify cooperation in combating organised crime.
The British side welcomed Croatia's progress in meeting the conditions for the launching of EU entry talks.
The Croatian ministers urged their British counterparts to reconsider cancelling visa requirements for Croatian citizens.