Rome is doing an excellent job in lobbying for Croatia and has offered all the help Croatia could expect regarding its European aspirations, the daily cited Mesic as saying.
Mesic also commented on statements which Italian Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini allegedly gave to Croatian Slobodna Dalmacija daily.
The Croatian president said that bringing up some issues from the past was not helping solve current issues.
He said Croatia had a law which protected the rights of minorities in the best possible way in line with European standards, Il Picolo reported.