ZAGREB, April 21 (Hina) - The conference called 'Bigger and Better' on the expansion of the European Union began in Copenhagen on Wednesday morning, at which Croatia is represented by European Integration Minister Kolinda Grabar
Kitarovic, spokeswoman for the European Integration Ministry Ivana Grgic told Hina.
ZAGREB, April 21 (Hina) - The conference called 'Bigger and Better' on
the expansion of the European Union began in Copenhagen on Wednesday
morning, at which Croatia is represented by European Integration
Minister Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, spokeswoman for the European
Integration Ministry Ivana Grgic told Hina.#L#
The conference, organised by the Confederation of the Danish Industry,
pooled ministers of foreign affairs, the economy and European
integrations from Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, Latvia,
Hungary, and Sweden as well as the ambassadors of EU member states,
accredited in Denmark, spokeswoman Grgic told Hina on the phone.
Minister Grabar Kitarovic held a speech on the enlargement of the EU
after 2004. She spoke about efforts Croatia had so far invested in the
process of drawing closer to the EU, progress her country had made as
well as on the positive opinion which Zagreb on Tuesday obtained from
the European Commission on its EU membership application.
Minister Grabar Kitarovic, met Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig
Moeller on the margins of the conference and informed him of Croatia's
efforts and achievements on the path towards the European Union.
Moeller congratulated Grabar Kitarovic on the positive 'avis' and
reiterated that his country supported Croatia in a bid to enter the
EU, Grgic said.
The Croatian minister also held talks with a former Latvian foreign
minister, Indulis Berzinski, who was Latvia's chief negotiator in the
process of the country's admission to the EU.
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