Zuzul and Croatian Ambassador to the United States Neven Jurica spoke to the senior US officials at a lecture where Cheney questioned the competence of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry to lead the US in the next term and said that the incumbent President George W. Bush was more determined and a much stronger candidate.
During the conversation, Zuzul conveyed Croatia's efforts to win non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council for the 2008/2009 period.
Also discussed was the possibility of Croatia chairing the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2007.
Voinovic said he would try to win support for the Croatian efforts within the Republican Party and the US administration, the statement said.