ZAGREB, April 20 (Hina) - The head of the Croatian parliament's foreign affairs committee, Neven Jurica, on Tuesday held talks with his Romanian counterpart Radu Podgoreanu on the two countries' cooperation, notably within the
framework of drawing closer to Euro-Atlantic associations.
ZAGREB, April 20 (Hina) - The head of the Croatian parliament's foreign
affairs committee, Neven Jurica, on Tuesday held talks with his
Romanian counterpart Radu Podgoreanu on the two countries'
cooperation, notably within the framework of drawing closer to
Euro-Atlantic associations.#L#
Jurica told reporters that Romania's support was very important to
Croatia and that he asked the Romanian side to use its influence in
the process of drafting a final document at a NATO summit in Istanbul
in June.
Romania became a full member of NATO three weeks ago and is expected
to join the EU along with Bulgaria in 2007. Croatia hopes to join them
then.
The chairman of the Romanian Foreign Affairs Committee said this
meeting was a continuation of the two countries' excellent relations.
"I hope we will be together in the EU and NATO very soon and in that
context we are open to cooperation and exchange of experience,"
Podgoreanu said.
The Romanian delegation also held talks with Croatian Parliament
President Vladimir Seks. Seks congratulated Romania on joining NATO
and hailed the country's progress in EU accession talks. He reiterated
his invitation to the chairmen of both chambers of the Romanian
parliament to visit Croatia in the near future.
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