Pusic acquainted Chilcott with Croatia's main political tasks on the road to full membership of the European Union, including the harmonisation of national legislation and its adjustment to EU laws, and the reform of the judiciary and public administration.
Pusic said that the reform of the fiscal and tax sector, education and agriculture was crucial for the country's future development, adding that it would require a political consensus.
The application of European legislation and democratic standards, and the issue of minorities in the Croatian legal system and society were topics that dominated the talks between Chilcott and Pupovac.
Pupovac pointed out that all parliamentary parties had reached a consensus on Croatia's accession to the European Union as the country's strategic foreign-policy goal, and added that minority representatives in the Parliament supported the government in implementing the necessary reform.
Both officials agreed that the development of democracy and the adoption of European standards was an ongoing process in Croatia, and noted that one of the key issues was to resolve the problem of property ownership rights and housing reconstruction with a view to facilitating the return of refugees to their pre-war homes.
Also under discussion were provisions of national legislation governing minority rights, participation of national minorities in local government, the educational and cultural needs of minorities, their languages and media.