ZAGREB, Jan 29(Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic and his Chilean counterpart Ricardo Lagos Escobar started official talks at the Office of the Croatian President in Zagreb on Thursday.
ZAGREB, Jan 29(Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic and his Chilean
counterpart Ricardo Lagos Escobar started official talks at the Office
of the Croatian President in Zagreb on Thursday.#L#
Before the start of the talks, the Chilean president attended an
official welcome ceremony at which the national anthems were played
and the Chilean president reviewed honorary units of the Croatian
army. After one-on-one talks, the two presidents will be joined by
members of state delegations.
Lagos Escobar is the first south-American president paying a visit to
Croatia. As under the Chilean constitution he also holds the office of
prime minister, his visit is also the first official visit of Chile's
prime minister to Croatia's new government. Lagos Escobar took up his
presidential office in 2000 as the first Socialist president after
Salvador Allende, who was forcibly removed in 1973.
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