"Slovenia and Croatia are two neighbouring countries which in the former Yugoslavia probably had the closest neighbourly and friendly relations," Sanader said, adding that he had the same opinion while he was an opposition leader and that Jansa shared his opinion.
"I am confident that we will share a common future in the united Europe of which Slovenia is already a member," Sanader said after the meeting.
He said that there were several outstanding issues between the two countries, which should not be underestimated, but which also could not overshadow the countries' good neighbourly and friendly relations.
The PM went on to say that he and Jansa agreed to organise a number of bilateral meetings after the new Slovene government was formed.
Sanader conveyed Jansa's position that Croatia had a future in the European Union and NATO and that Slovenia would support it on the road to the two blocs.
Asked to comment on the unrevised text of a coalition agreement between parties to form Jansa's government, Sanader said that the agreement also read that the new coalition would advocate solving outstanding issues with Croatia through dialogue, which he described as good.
Asked whether the issue of the border would be resolved through dialogue, Sanader said that he and Jansa had spoken about dialogue and future. He reiterated that in case two the sides failed to find a solution bilaterally, arbitration would not be a sign of their immaturity, but of maturity since other democratic countries too had solved outstanding issues through arbitration.