ZAGREB/SOFIA, Aug 6 (Hina) - Croatia will have Bulgaria's full supporton its road to NATO and European Union membership, BulgarianParliament Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov said during talks with CroatianPrime Minister Ivo Sanader in Sofia
on Friday, the Croatiangovernment's public relations office said in a statement.
ZAGREB/SOFIA, Aug 6 (Hina) - Croatia will have Bulgaria's full
support on its road to NATO and European Union membership, Bulgarian Parliament
Speaker Ognyan Gerdzhikov said during talks with Croatian Prime Minister Ivo
Sanader in Sofia on Friday, the Croatian government's public relations office
said in a statement.Sanader thanked Gerdzhikov for the support, saying the experience of
Bulgaria, which has just completed negotiations with the European Commission,
would be very important for Croatia, which begins EU entry negotiations early
next year.
The two officials also discussed the strengthening of economic
cooperation and better connections between the two countries.
Croatian-Bulgarian trade is constantly growing, exceeding EUR70 million
last year. The two countries see the possibility of further increasing trade in
transport, goods and services, tourism, railway equipment and the construction
of new power plants.