Grabar Kitarovic thanked the UNHCR for activities it has so far carried out in Croatia.
She said that the resolution of the refugee issue was one of priorities in the agenda of the Croatian government.
The minister also spoke about the importance of solving problems of asylum seekers within the European Union as well as on the national level.
The incoming ambassador Concolato congratulated Croatia for the start of accession negotiations with the EU, adding that the UNHCR would show great interest in monitoring the course of the negotiations pertaining to chapters containing the problem of asylum.
He added that the three international organisations, UNHCR, the OSCE and the EU, with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb, were working together with the governments of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia-Montenegro on establishing equal criteria for the return of refugees.